We met at Lancaster University 9 years ago, we lived in adjacent rooms in halls. They say you should never ‘get’ with your flatmates, it never works out well’, but here we are 9 years later tying the not with the other residents of the same flats as our bridesmaids and groomsmen.

Laurence proposed in the New Forest in the middle of the forest in a opening of the trees, no one around but wild ponies and our new puppy Jasper who was out on his first walk (this was the excuse for Laurence to get to the New Forest, a then 2 hour drive from home, we apparently wanted to remember Jasper’s first walk so had to go somewhere super special). The New Forest means a lot to Nicola as it is where I had spent many a family holiday. It also epitomised our love of the wilderness, wildlife and adventures.

We wanted it to reflect both our personalities, laid back but still glamorous, outdoorsy, wild, elegant and the love of a party. We also wanted to incorporate a lot of our Celtic roots, with Nicola coming from a Scottish family and Laurence from an Irish one. We included a bagpiper, thistles within all the flower arrangements and bouquets, celtic music and tartan among the guests and of course the Father of the Bride.

The energy on the dance floor was outstanding from the guests and the band! We wanted everyone to let their hair down and they certainly did!

The emotions wrapped up in the ceremony for all to see.

We actually contacted another photographer first who politely replied back saying that he was already booked for our date, he did however reccommend Jess who had apparently been the photographer for his wedding. We thought wow, this woman is the wedding photographer to the wedding photographers, she must be good, and how right we were!