Sorry to all for the delay on this post.. I have been off on a fabulous adventure to Ottawa with Darren and temporarily separated from the internet ( well apart from Darren's phone - which, I might add, is a genius addition to any road trip allowing access to an infinite number of trivia questions)
Darren and I set off at sunrise for Ottawa armed with coffee and our Sunday best. We were heading to the wedding of a very old friend of D's, Alistair, who was getting married to his beautiful bride, Katrina at St. Josephs Church in downtown Ottawa. Wonderful Anne had given us directions to Ottawa via the incredible back roads of Ontario. It was a stunning ride with no traffic and took around 6 hours with a couple of cheeky stops ( 6 hrs = a 'stone-throw' in Canada).
After checking into the Fairmount ( details to follow...) and receiving a random gift from the gods in the form of an upgrade onto the 'Gold' floor.. I knew the stars were truly aligned and this was going to be an amazing weekend. We had a quick turnaround and in a blink of an eye, the posh frocks were on and we were running down the highways of Ottawa using D's phone as a GPS as our guide ( as many will know, I have made a habit of being 'exactly' on time for weddings.. in one instant I was caught running down the aisle after the bridesmaids...].
The wedding was lovely, held at a fantastic setting and the bride and groom were beaming: it was lovely to see. Having arrived in bright sunshine, the skies had opened during the course of the 30 minute ceremony so suddenly we found ourselves 'land-locked' in the church.
Despite the rain, D and I managed to slink out after the ceremony as we had an hour or two to kill and we found ourselves in the wonderful markets of Ontario. We settled into a Scottish bar where D recommended the 'in flight' selection of beers where I would have 4 'mini' pints of different beers as opposed to one big one. Oooo lalala. 'mini' pints are lethal! It was wonderful.
So after a few mini pints, we 'skipped' back to the reception with sparkly eyes and ready for anything. It was a lovely meal, I met loads of great people, great speeches, lots of photos and it was wonderful that D caught up with old pals from uni that he hadn't seen in a while. Alastair looked so happy, it was wonderful to see: love is the answer my friends and these two were a tribute to that in every way.
My biggest tribute of the night has to go to Darren. Darren, you are amazing.
Please note: there are many more photos like the ones below (I selected the best ones for the blog: There are many )
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