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| TnA and RnB |
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Exhausted, but safely arrived, and got through
immigration despite the beard! |
After over 14 hours in the air, met M&D Sturge for a
quick drink at airport - we were knackered but great to catch-up. Tony's parents
were pretty shocked by "the beard" - for anyone who doesn’t know the Sturges aren't the biggest fans of the facial hair...
No rest for the wicked -
headed straight into Soho via Victoria to drop off bags for a CRG reunion (minus one Mr Barca who mysteriously didn’t make it). Different reception of the beard, literally had to
restrain Al back from nuzzling his face in it!
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| Country England - a delight! |
A few beers and dumplings later it was time to head to bed at casa de El Jumbo
Balfour in Colliers Wood. Massive thank you for car services from station, with
our physical exhaustion not sure we would have made it. Was great to be back in
our London room, the supply of Bagels was reassuringly unchanged but there was a significant increase in Yoghurt in the fridge – perhaps an error in internet shopping?!
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| Pre-wedding warm up |
Next couple of days spent catching up with family, friends and
getting prepared for the big event at the weekend! Unfortunately there are no
photos of these emotional reunions – after 2 months of being virtually attached
to our camera we were having a little break from the lens!
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| Throwing some shapes |
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| Awwwww |
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| A bit of a sing song |
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| The blushing bride |
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| A walk in the country |
Next stop was the Cotswolds for Becky and Rich’s wedding, but with exorbitant train fares and designs on shortly buying a car we decided a hire car was the way forward. Somehow our luggage seemed to have doubled since arriving in London so a cab was the transport of choice to the car hire company. Being nomads with no fixed abode we failed the security checks and were told without a return ticket to Oz we couldn’t be given a car – not what you want to hear when you have a wedding timetable to keep! Luck was on our side as M&D Balfour were able to pull a few strings through a friend who owns a portion of the car hire company in question– it’s all about who you know, thanks again Sally!
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| A different kind of walk |
After the false start it
wasn’t too long (hmmm - London traffic hasn't improved!) before we were winding through the scenic roads of the
Cotswolds. We were very taken
with the English country villages we travelled through, especially Chippen Campden which was the setting for
the big day.
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| Aussie boys with the star of the show |
With everyone travelling for the weekend Friday night was a
pretty big one. It was great to catch-up with the Oz crew, and enjoy a very
un-English football performance in their 3-2 defeat of Sweden.
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| Mr After party |
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| Literally lighting up the d-floor |
The wedding itself was a superb
occasion, the only thing not on form being the English weather. Brilliantly
planned, and lovely to be a part of – thanks R&R! Also a shout out to Mr
Ilett, whose knowledge of wedding nights in country towns was unsurpassed, and
his impromptu hosting of the after party topped off an awesome day.
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