Simon and Vanessa's Wedding
Simon and Vanessa's Wedding
Saturday 9th August 2008
Our friends Simon and Vanessa finally tying the knot (they'd been together as long as we had) in a charming spot in rural Berkshire.
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| 12:01:13 Here's Chie at Paddington Station. | 12:24:28 Sushi on the train | 12:24:42 |
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| 12:24:54 Me and my new Network Railcard - every time I get a new card with "Dr Hawkins" on it I feel rather chuffed. | 12:25:16 | 12:29:16 |
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| 13:47:24 Me and Chie having a quick pre wedding drink at the Rowbarge in Midgham. This was quite a nice pub actually. | 14:34:33 At the wedding venue now - and we arrived a bit too early. From left to right - me, Simon (the groom) David (the best man), Stuart and Rich (the ushers). | 15:23:54 I like to think Simon and David having are having a little man-to-man chat here about the deeper meaning of life and so on, in the last few moments Simon has as a single man. In reality though they're probably talking about their iPhones. |
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| 15:35:43 Well here comes the bride - doesn't she look fabulous! | 15:53:10 After the ceremony - we're now looking at (the backs of) Mr and Mrs Steele! I rather like the traily bit on Vanessa's dress, you don't see that so much nowadays. | 15:53:44 The newly married couple, posing for shots with the registry in front of them. |
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| 15:53:50 ...and here they are a little bit more straight on. | 15:55:53 Here they are progressing back out of the hall again... | 16:02:28 A few outside group shots - obviously the official photographer will have much better version of all of these! |
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| 16:02:45 | 16:09:24 I actually thought the umbrellas made for quite a nice effect here. | 16:13:13 The bride and groom with Simon's family. |
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| 16:22:35 Chie hiding behind some flowers. Can you see her? | 16:22:46 Fire exits remind me of one of the pictures from my other friend Simon's wedding. | 18:04:17 Dinner! The food was rather good I thought - here's the vegetarian option... |
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| 18:04:26 ...and the roast beef. | 18:06:16 The table Chie and I sat at for dinner. | 19:26:10 Chie went to take a few pictures of Simon and Vanessa cutting the cake... |
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| 19:26:34 | 19:26:41 | 19:26:43 |
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| 19:38:11 Here's Simon doing his speech. | 19:56:35 And David doing the best man's speech. | 20:26:08 Chie on her phone, I rather liked the setting here. |
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| 20:40:23 Errr....? I think these may have been attempts to take pictures of Simon and Vanessa having the first dance... | 20:40:41 ....but you really can't make anything out whatsoever! | 22:11:03 On the way back now, Chie waiting at Midgham statio. |
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| 22:21:46 Midgham station by night. | 22:23:21 Some moronic pictures in weird lighting of me with Chie's fascinator on. | 22:23:27 One of the scariest pictures I've seen of me in recent years. |
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| 22:23:30 ...it really does have a uniquely terrifying quality about it. | 22:29:42 The green light - does that suggest the train is on its way? | 23:06:21 Apparently it must have been, here's Chie on the other train from Reading back to London. |
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| 23:30:51 ....and one last shot of the pair of us. | 23:42:55 Paddington station is really rather lovely when it is lit up by night and unspoilt by the usual crowds of people. | 23:43:13 Isn't that nice? |
