The wedding was lovely
The service was at the Humbie Kirk, up a long, narrow lane, outside the tiny village of Humbie, about 5 miles from Gifford.
There was a piper.
And lots of Scottish people wearing kilts.
The minister was funny and made us all laugh.
The service was beautiful.
And the weather held.
Then we all relocated to Mavis Hall Park for the reception.
It is very lovely to be greeted at a wedding reception with champagne, ice cream being served from a rolls royce, and chocolate.
James and Kim turned up in a powder blue VW camper van.
Mavis Hall Park is a collection of farm buildings now turned into a reception venue. The dining barn is very beautiful. And large.
We dined on barbecued burgers, sausages, chicken, salmon and various salads.
The wine was plentiful.
There was a post-dinner ceilidh. Everyone danced the wedding dance (fortunately this didn't require me to do anything more complicated than to twirl. I can twirl!). Then Lots of people did more dancing. The Builder and I sat and watched. Mostly people seemed to know what they were doing and looked to be having a great time.
Then The Builder and I snuck off and went back to The Goblin Ha'. It was already past our usual bed time and a general lack of sleep was beginning to catch up with us.
It was a great privilege to be a part of such a happy occasion.
And it was nice, as well as meeting up with family and extended family and not quite family, to catch up with Jane's oldest friend Zoe, who I have known (more off than on, I suppose) since I was about 4
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