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It was love at first click for Lora and Rachel who were married at The Ferry House, Sheerness

Images courtesy of Lemon Feather Photography love

Lora and Rachel’s is a modern love story, having met on Tinder in 2020. “We’d only been chatting for a week when the first lockdown was announced, and since we both lived alone and had been furloughed, we decided to quarantine together,” Lora tells us. During that time, they never left each other’s sides. They discovered similar life experiences and immediately clicked. “We both said that even if there hadn’t been a romantic attraction, we’d likely still have been great friends,” Lora shares.

So sure was Lora that Rachel was the one, she purchased the ring three days into their relationship. She’d planned to propose when their respective families came to visit, but the continuing lockdowns scuppered that idea, so she popped the question, just the two of them, at home. Rachel proposed back a few months later on New Year’s Day. “We’d hoped to go for a walk but it was absolutely freezing, so ended up eating a car picnic before she gave me the ring,” Lora remembers.

The couple tied the knot at The Ferry House on 1st April, 2022. Read on as Lora shares her treasured memories of their wedding day…

We’d kept our vows a secret, and it turned out we were both using the exact same words. It showed how close we are and how completely in sync. I knew I wanted afternoon tea as the wedding breakfast, so the centrepieces featured mugs filled with artificial flowers.

Given our wedding breakfast included cake and scones, we knew most of our guests wouldn’t be bothered about a big bake, so we opted for individual sponge cakes instead.

My dress was an end-of-line style but it was absolutely perfect and didn’t need any tailoring – it was so comfortable. I didn’t want to be bothered by a train, and being 5ft 10in it was a struggle to find a tea-length dress, so I went for an asymmetric hem. Because my hair is short I wouldn’t have been able to pin in a veil but I wanted to feel more special so I invested in a beautiful hair vine.

The most important thing to us was that those in our wedding party felt comfortable. We weren’t really following the girls-weardresses thing, so we didn’t think it would be fair to force that on our nearest and dearest.

Guy Wade, in-house toastmaster at The Ferry House, performed some magic for us. Everyone loved it and he made sure there wasn’t a second of boredom.

Decide in advance what your non-negotiables are, as well as your nice-to-haves and what you’re able to compromise on. For us the food and photography were the most important. The whole day was really overwhelming, but so happy. I cried my way down the aisle and we both barely made it through our vows and speeches. Even our photographer was sobbing!

LORA AND RACHEL’S SUPPLIERS Venue and catering, The Ferry House, www.theferryhouse.co.uk Photography, Lemon Feather Photography, www.lemonfeatherphotography.com Dress, JJs House Suits, Suit Direct Bridesmaids’ attire, La Closet De Chanel, www.laclosetdechanel.com Cake, Sponge, www.sponge.co.uk Flowers, Alrose Wedding Flowers, www.facebook.com/debbielorrie1 Stationery, Tavern Creative, www.facebook.com/taverncreative Toastmaster, Guy Wade, https://guywade.com