Mrs D South...

There you are, my sister is no longer Deborah Bright, but is now Mrs Mark South...

The wedding was yesterday, held at the Mill Hotel at Alverley. On the whole the day went well, and the service was nice and informal (well at least, as informal as a wedding is allowed to be), and I did not miss the Singing of hymns etc. in the slightest.
There was a touching moment when Mark had to choke back his emotions during the "I give you this ring as a symbol of our marriage" bit, but he got through it and all ended well.

The photographer could have done with a bit more help trying to round everyone up, but that is a problem you are going to get when you have such a large area of gardens and hotel for people to get lost (or hide?) in... He was using a Nikon D70, and carried a D50 as his back up :-)

The buffet afterwards was excellent, and if that is typical of the standards of the Mill, we may have to go back for a meal some time!

There was one moment that took the edge off the festivities, Deb & Marks first dance was to "Who painted the Moon black" by Hayley Westenra, this was one of Amanda's dads favourite songs (Hayley was played at his funeral) and a combination of wedding memories, and Hayley was a little too much for Carol to cope with... Note, this was not Deb being insensitive, they had spoken to Carol weeks before and asked if she was OK with the choice of music, and she had agreed... you just can't always control your feelings

Our car is still in the garage, so Carol took us down there, before returning to dudley to collect my mom and Val... Thanks Carol, you are a star. We left with the party still in full swing just before 8:00PM, borrowing my Brother-in-Law's car to get back home, a Ford Mondeo, that compared to the Scenic drove like a tank!! But it is greatly appreciated, and thanks again...