I don’t normally use this kind of shot for my PhotoFriday entries, but I couldn’t think of a more appropriate image for this weeks theme, “Freeze Frame.” I kind of got lucky snapping the moment when the bouquet was in mid-flight.
It seems like only last week that I was at a friends wedding (in fact it was just over two weeks), but on Tuesday two more friends tied the knot.
I’ve known R since my time in Norway. We met up a few times in Oslo and continued when we both returned to London. She had dreams of travelling, going back to Norway or Paris, or, generally, elsewhere. But she drifted back to her home-town, Bristol. Later, T, a Polish tree surgeon, moved into the flat-share she was living in. She jokes that while I tried internet- and speed-dating, she just stayed at home but had greater success.
They exchanged vows in Camden Town Hall, confusingly located opposite St Pancras station rather than in Camden as one would naively expect. It was a good service, and it was good that so many people made it, including both mothers. T’s didn’t speak much English but seemed to enjoy herself.
Afterwards we retired to a local pub for the reception.
A good day was had by all. R and T are currently in Morocco on their Honeymoon and we all wish them all the best. Congratulations!
It turns out that 2006 is a big year for weddings. I got married in April, a friend of my wife got married in May and my friends P and I had a Civil Partnership Ceremony yesterday.
Despite the poor weather, it was a great day for everyone. They tied the knot in Wandsworth Registry Office with nearly twenty people present. It was a short but touching ceremony. They said their vows and exchanged rings.
As I’s Best Man said, in general they’ve had a fairly private relationship which made such a public occasion all the more special. It was great to see so many people there in the evening helping to celebrate their commitment to one another.
Congratulations to both of them!
Oh, we were slightly amused (or is that bemused?) to see a sign behind the registrar defining that a wedding is between a man and a woman. We weren’t sure whether some people in the council objected to same-sex marriages or that they’ve just not moved it since it became legal last year.
I was introduced to the strange world of Geocaching over Christmas last year.
For the uninitiated, geocaching is, basically, a high-tech scavenger hunt. People hide things all over the world, typically Tupperware boxes containing various goodies, and post the co-ordinates on a website. Other people then enter the details into their GPS systems and try to find them. It sounds simple, silly even, but it can give you a good excuse to look around an old and familiar area with a new perspective.
As the above picture shows, some caches are more tricky to find than others. Here we tried a “multi-cache,” which has various clues pointing to the real location. We found all the clues but couldn’t find the actual box.
The next day, after lunch in a pub, we decided to look for another geocache. Things were not looking good for a while but just as we were about to give up and go home — two failures in as many days — we found it!
Here B and D celebrate our find. It’s the first time D has been and she got quite into it!
My friend has created a website to document her negative experiences trying to take advantage of the “money back guarantee” that Anthony Robbins offers on his motivational courses. Let her know if you’ve experienced anything similar!
On the principle that all publicity is good, here’s a link to my girlfriend’s job-hunting and career blog. She’s into CSR, PR, events management, marketing and, well, go have a look and find out more. Go on, you know you want to give her a job!