andrewheckford (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} andrewheckford) wrote,@ 2006-03-29 15:42:00 |
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Sue and James' wedding
Last weekend I was up in Ayr (along with some of the CCO) for Sue and James’ wedding. Imi, Bryony, Sue Taylor, Louise, Evert, Crispin, Jan, Simon, Athena, Robin and I all stayed in the Arrandale Hotel for the weekend. Top marks to Athena for booking this hotel, the rooms were really nice, there was a bar with a good selection of single malts and they served great fried breakfasts every morning (including some really good black pudding!).
The wedding was at a local church in Ayr and it was only 10-15 minutes walk from our hotel.
After the wedding, we were all transported by coach up to Culzean castle for the reception. Everyone was led into the castle by a piper. The castle itself was really impressive boasting enough swords, guns and cannons to arm a small army. So, of course, Sue and James, had to cut the wedding cake with a large sword. The dinner was in the home farm in the castle grounds. After the meal there was a small band playing a mixture of ceilidh (sp?) dances and some more cheesy pop music. The ceilidh was good fun, but I draw the line at being anywhere near a dance floor when the band decides to play Lady In Red.
The next day, the clocks went forward and I think we were all definitely missing that one hour’s sleep. We had plenty of time to kill between checking out of the hotel rooms and catching the flight back to Stanstead. So we went for a very bracing walk along the coast. When we set off for our walk, we somehow managed to leave Evert behind in the hotel and didn’t realise he wasn’t there until we’d stopped at a cafe for a coffee. We tried phoning his mobile but that just went straight to mobile (he’d left it in Cambridge!). Eventually we ended up phoning the hotel and asking them whether they had a Dutchman in the lounge and could we possibly speak to him. I imagine the lady who ran the hotel probably thought we were bonkers.
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Last weekend I was up in Ayr (along with some of the CCO) for Sue and James’ wedding. Imi, Bryony, Sue Taylor, Louise, Evert, Crispin, Jan, Simon, Athena, Robin and I all stayed in the Arrandale Hotel for the weekend. Top marks to Athena for booking this hotel, the rooms were really nice, there was a bar with a good selection of single malts and they served great fried breakfasts every morning (including some really good black pudding!).
The wedding was at a local church in Ayr and it was only 10-15 minutes walk from our hotel.
After the wedding, we were all transported by coach up to Culzean castle for the reception. Everyone was led into the castle by a piper. The castle itself was really impressive boasting enough swords, guns and cannons to arm a small army. So, of course, Sue and James, had to cut the wedding cake with a large sword. The dinner was in the home farm in the castle grounds. After the meal there was a small band playing a mixture of ceilidh (sp?) dances and some more cheesy pop music. The ceilidh was good fun, but I draw the line at being anywhere near a dance floor when the band decides to play Lady In Red.
The next day, the clocks went forward and I think we were all definitely missing that one hour’s sleep. We had plenty of time to kill between checking out of the hotel rooms and catching the flight back to Stanstead. So we went for a very bracing walk along the coast. When we set off for our walk, we somehow managed to leave Evert behind in the hotel and didn’t realise he wasn’t there until we’d stopped at a cafe for a coffee. We tried phoning his mobile but that just went straight to mobile (he’d left it in Cambridge!). Eventually we ended up phoning the hotel and asking them whether they had a Dutchman in the lounge and could we possibly speak to him. I imagine the lady who ran the hotel probably thought we were bonkers.
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