Their wedding was to be a ‘walking wedding’ where the bride gets ready at her parents’ house, walks to the church, then after the ceremony, she,  her husband and guests walk back to a reception at the family home. The boys also got ready at a holiday cottage in the village and walked to the church.

The guests had been transported from Ipswich to Tattingstone on a vintage bus

We took some time away from the reception and had such good fun doing portraits and group shots around the village.

The reception was held in a marquee within the garden of Claire’s parents’ house, and there were so many lovely details. Claire had provided a basket of flip flops for ladies to change into once the killer heels had turned into murderous heels.

There was a basket of blankets for guests to wrap up in or sit on.

Each blanket had been embroidered with the date of the wedding

The tables were named for some of Claire and Chris’s favourite places

After the meal and the speeches came the first dance, which is where tradition went out the window as they hit the floor to “A message to you, Rudy” by The Specials

Before I close this blog post, I would like to share one final image of the day. If you didn’t immediately notice, take a look in the bus window. Please don’t be alarmed, this is Chris’s niece, who, by all accounts, is a bit of a tinker! This was her little joke. It’s one of their favourite photos of the day

It was quite possibly the hottest, and brightest day of the year and you can see how scorched the ground had become over those few weeks in the early summer.

The girls got ready in the  gorgeous bridal suite in a cottage in the grounds of the Hall

Although some of the local residents are voyeurs!

Virginia looked so beautiful – she reminded me of a European princess you’d see in Hello magazine

Virginia and Oli were married at Wickhambrooke Church, over the border in Cambridgeshire

Viginia’s father gave his speech in English, Spanish, French and Flemish, which was rather impressive!

After the meal as the day cooled a little, people took the opportunity to explore the grounds

Virginia and Oli’s first dance

I was very excited when Dan and Judith invited me down to Hampstead in London for their pre wedding shoot. I will be their wedding photographer when they get married in Suffolk next month.

Dan proposed on Hampstead Heath, so thought it would be nice to have some photos of the two of them there.

I felt like Country Mouse being back in London again. I used to live there about 500 years ago, but I always lived in the Sarf and didn’t often venture north of the river! It was a scorching day and the Heath was very busy. We managed to find some space though and had a lovely time.

It was a glorious spring day, just right for a wedding.

It was the car’s first wedding of the season and it had been a little reluctant to come out of the garage, but fortunately it decided to play ball and Rachel was able to arrive in her dream car.

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OK a little update. I popped over to Hintlesham Hall yesterday to have a look around and meet the staff, and it was fabulous! We had had a sprinkling of snow earlier in the afternoon so the lawns were lightly dusted. The sky was just darkening and the Christmas trees were lit up, so I took a couple of shots before I left