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After having to postpone their wedding eight times, Ceara and Chris tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony at St Catherine’s Church Images courtesy of Adam Tranter Wedding Photography
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“ n typical modern fay fashion, Chris and I met online,” says Ceara. “Our first date was a huge success, and over the next few months, we would meet up to go walking or exploring the Lakes. For the first two years, we commuted between Ulverston and St Bees each weekend, exploring different areas and building our relationship. In 2017, we decided to take the plunge and buy our first home in Eskdale.” Chris proposed on Father’s Day in 2019. “As we were unable to see our respective fathers that day, Chris suggested we go for a walk up Harter Fell at the bottom of Eskdale Valley,” shares the bride. “When we got to the top, Chris told me to shut my eyes as he had a surprise. I genuinely thought he was going to give me a small Lindt chocolate bunny as we had several leftover from Easter, but when I opened my eyes, there was a ring! He asked me to marry him, and we had the most perfect day.” Here she shares some of her favourite moments from their big day...
ed the most amazing wedding We were engaged in June 2019 and plann a huge celebration with friends for 30th May 2020. We were going to have initially thought, as most and family, then COVID-19 came along. We might be better by May, but in people probably did at the time, that things We then postponed again and April we decided to postpone until September. uded that we would try and get again, and then to save heartache, we concl letely re-planned and re-worked married with a small guest list, so we comp lled due to restrictions and the wedding. Our smaller day was then cance to bite the bullet and plan our then cancelled again, so in April, we decided of rearranging, we had the big day for the eighth time. After endless hours most perfect day ever.
We had our ceremony at St Catherine’s Chur ch and afternoon tea and canapés from Woodland’s Bistro & Tea Room that we ate while walking around the fells.
Chris and I decided to decorate the church ourselves with bunting and made an incredible photo board of all our guests. Since we weren’t allowed to sing due to COVID-19, we secretly hid musical instruments under everyone’s seats, and we played these during the hymns, which was fantastic.
My little sister died nine years ago at the age of 22. She would have been a bridesmaid, and it was a highly emotional day for our family as the last time I walked down the aisle in a church was at her funeral. We fully believe she was there with us on the day – bringing the sunshine, and for that, we’re eternally grateful. 38
everyone helped make it the Although we couldn’t have a proper reception, had it any other way. have most perfect day ever! We really wouldn’t
