Michelle & Alan. Cheshire.

A few weeks ago, my first wedding of the year had me heading over the hills into Cheshire for the wedding of Michelle & Alan.
After a full few days of rain, the weather wasn't looking too promising, but the clouds broke on the drive over and I arrived to find the gorgeous venue bathed in sunshine.

The entire day was held at the Mere Court Hotel in Knutsford.

We started the day with some very laid back bridal prep - complete with Prosecco (this is obviously now part of wedding rules!)  The room we were in was the Presidential Suite - Bill Clinton stayed here in December '01.  Bridal prep was the usual laugh, with a super calm Michelle taking everything in her stride. 
After a while I popped out to check the grounds and do a few ring shots.  The weather was nice, the grounds were lovely, but the conditions weren't the best.  The main grassed areas were waterlogged to about 6 inches deep in some places - as I soon found out the hard way.  Wet socks for me for the rest of the day!
Back to the room ready for Michelle finishing up, then it was time to head down for the main event!
The room was ready, the guests were seated, the string trio was playing and Alan was stood patiently waiting.
The happy couple were soon hand in hand at the front, sharing vows and exchanging rings and kisses.  Maybe shedding a tear or two too. 
We headed out into the bar for a while and then out into the sunshine to take some snaps.  Due to the waterlogged grass we couldn't take advantage of all the grounds and were stuck to the paths for portraits, but we still found some quiet little spots.

The rest of the day flowed  - drinks were drunk, laughs were had, food was served and people had fun.  There was a bit of a hiccup when Alan lost his Groom's speech, but after half an hour of frantic searching he decided to just wing it.  And didn't do a bad job at all! 

After the speeches Michelle pulled a compete winner out of the hat when she brought out a surprise guest speaker - one of Alan's football heroes, Middlesbrough Legend Bernie Slaven.  Alan looked like a startstruck kid at Christmas for the next few hours!
The band soon got up and belted some tunes out and we got some snaps on the dancefloor.  Obviously the kids were the first ones up! 

A nice, chilled out wedding day.  Thanks for having me guys - you were awesome!

Did I mention Star Wars Wedding Cake?  Always a winner in my book! 

Here are a few photos from their day.

Usually I only keep a handful of images from the vows/first kiss.  But flicking through these I noticed that there was a nice little sequence, so made a quick slideshow.