The weekend begins!

Greetings to all!  It's Saturday morning!  I just wanted to do a quick post for yesterday as it was a whirlwind!

Everyone is here safe and sound now.  The afternoon started off slowly with James and I sitting in the lounge at Winder waiting for people to arrive for the first reception.  It seems that picking a place in the middle of nowhere gives some difficulty...well, that and the M6 motorway being blocked up for hours!  But about 2.30pm people started to trickle in, and before we knew it we had a full house!  Last to arrive at Winder Hall were James' daughters and their significant others.  We were all a little nervous as to how they were going to fair with the long drive from central London, but although it took them longer than planned, they arrived safe and sound.  Christine and Sheridan took an accidental trip over one of the mountain passes, and Maria, Sarah, Margaret, and Shirley arrived safely after a mammoth trek from Hertfordshire, which involved many rest stops and losing Shirley in a service station for a brief period of time!

At around 6.30pm everyone started to head off to the local Pub (The Wheatsheaf) for dinner.  As you can see from the photo it was a pretty busy time!  We took over half of the pub and a good time was had by all!  Eloise and Stephen were the last to arrive from London at 10pm, and we are looking forward to Alison and Martin and the kids re-joining us tomorrow.

So today is now the big day!  Both James and I have been awake since 5am this morning with nerves/excitement.  We still have a few things to finish, but are well on the way.  We have wet shaves and haircuts at 9.15am in Cockermouth and then the fun will all start to begin when Steven and Josh, the photographers, arrive at 12pm.  The ceremony starts at 1.30pm.  I am sure that James will confiscate my cell phone at some point, but if possible I will try to post a few blogs during the day.  For all those who are unable to be with us, we wish you were ALL here.  We have received many messages of love and support from you all and are blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.  I'll keep you posted when I can!

Big love to all!

D&J