St.Saviours Church, Harome

Wedding Day

Wedding

The Pheasant Hotel

Reception

Our Wedding

Our Story

Itinerary

Running Order

     01:30 Guests Arrive &amp; Hotel Check In   02:00 Ceremony   02:45 Welcome Drinks   03:00 Bride &amp; Groom Introduced   3:00 - 4:00 Canapes &amp; Photographs     04:00 Speeches on the terrace   04:45 Cutting of the Cake   5:00- 7:00 Wedding Breakfast         07:00 Coffee &amp; Chocolates   07:30 First Dance - DJ Starts   09:00 Sparkler Send Off   09:30 Evening Food Served   12:00 Music Ends   01:00 Bar Closes &amp; Carriages

Details

Phil Christie

Francesca Elizabeth Potter

Stephen Gillott

Joseph Thomas Dunstone

Gabriella West Hope

Giles William Bramwell

Joseph Gillott

Lucinda Pollit

Elizabeth Mckinnell

Sophia Burnley

Jennifer Elizabeth Dunlop

Rose Isabella Gillott

Wedding Party

Photos

Registry

Q + A

The Carlton Lodge B&B

Ryedale's Comfy Cars & Taxis

RED Taxi & Minibus

The Feathers Hotel

J E B Taxis

The Black Swan Hotel

The Feversham Arms

Heather Cottage Helmsley

No 54

Redroofs B&B Helmsley

Westway Cottage Bed & Breakfast

Stilworth House

The Carpenters Arms

Travel

Things to Do

The first meeting

LUCY: RICHARD AND I MET ON TUESDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2012, I REMEMBER THIS DAY SO ACCURATELY BECAUSE IT WAS BOTH OF OUR FIRST DAYS IN NEW JOBS AT REPUBLIC. WE MET IN THE RECEPTION AND MADE AWKWARD SMALL TALK UNTIL WE WERE TAKEN INTO A SMALL ROOM FOR A FULL DAY OF INDUCTIONS, WHERE ONCE AGAIN, SMALL TALK REINED SUPREME! WHAT I HADN'T REALISED AT THAT POINT WAS THAT THE SEEMINGLY RANDOM AND POINTLESS CONVERSATIONS WERE ACTUALLY GIVING ME AN INSIGHT INTO THE GUY WHO WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE MY LIFE FOREVER. RICHARD: I THOUGHT SEVERAL THINGS THE FIRST TIME WE MET. 1. SHE'S VERY TALL. 2. SHE'S VERY LOUD. 3. SHE'S VERY PRETTY. 4. I HOPE I SEE HER TOMORROW.

The first date

LUCY: I'D LOVE TO SAY IT WAS "LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT"… BUT IT WAS FAR FROM IT. IN FACT AFTER THAT DAY WE BARELY SAW OR SPOKE TO EACH OTHER FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS. THEN FOLLOWING A RESHUFFLE AT WORK WE FOUND OURSELVES SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, ALL DAY .. EVERY DAY. BUT INSTEAD OF AWKWARD SMALL TALK THIS TIME, HE MADE ME LAUGH… REALLY LAUGH, THE KIND OF LAUGH THAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'VE ACTUALLY STOPPED BREATHING AND THE SAME LAUGHTER THAT STILL MAKES ME FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY. SO ON A COLD FEBRUARY MORNING WHEN WE WERE UNCEREMONIOUSLY TURFED OUT OF THE OFFICE (IN THE SNOW!) AND THROWN INTO UNEMPLOYMENT THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING FOR IT, WE SWAPPED NUMBERS. OUR FIRST DATE WAS IN SALTAIRE (WHICH IS WHY WE CHOSE THIS LOCATION FOR OUR ENGAGEMENT SHOOT). I WAS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS AS IT HAD COME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BLUE BUT IT FELT LIKE WE'D KNOWN EACH OTHER FOREVER. RICHARD WAS THE PERFECT GENT (HE KNEW THE WAY TO MY HEART WAS GOOD FOOD AND CHAMPAGNE) AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY FROM THAT POINT, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH INSEPARABLE. WE'VE BEEN ON HOLIDAYS, MOVED JOBS, SWAPPED APARTMENTS AND THEN FINALLY MOVED IN TOGETHER IN NOVEMBER 2014. I ONCE DESCRIBED RICHARD AS "MY RIGHT ARM… THAT I SOMETIMES WANT TO SMOTHER" BUT THE TRUTH IS, HE'S MORE THAN AN ARM, HE'S EVERY PART OF ME AND ALTHOUGH WE IRRITATE EACH OTHER FROM TIME TO TIME (GENERALLY ON PURPOSE), I WOULDN'T WANT TO IMAGINE A SINGLE DAY WITHOUT HIM THERE. RICHARD: AFTER WE STARTED SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER, IT TURNS OUT MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF LUCY WERE RIGHT. SHE WAS LOUD. BUT THAT ACTUALLY JUST MADE ME NOTICE HER MORE AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AROUND HER. SHE HAS A VERY ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY. A FEW HOURS OF BEING AROUND HER AND YOU'RE JUST HOOKED. AS TIME WENT ON (AND IT WAS LITERALLY A MATTER OF WEEKS) SHE WENT FROM BEING 'THE GIRL AT WORK' TO SOMEONE I STARTED TO LOOK AT IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY. I DIDN'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE SHE FELT THE SAME (AND I'M NOT SURE SHE DID AT THAT POINT), BUT WHEN WE LOST OUR JOBS – I FIGURED THINGS COULDN'T GET AN Y WORSE, SO I MAY AS WELL CHANCE MY LUCK AND ASK HER ROUND FOR DINNER (MORE OF THIS TO COME AT THE WEDDING!!) OUR FIRST DATE WAS PRETTY PERFECT – I JUST WANTED TO BE AROUND HER, AND THAT CONTINUED OVER THE SUBSEQUENT DATES. THE MORE I GOT TO KNOW HER, THE BETTER IT GOT. SHE VERY QUICKLY WENT FROM BEING THAT 'GIRL AT WORK' TO THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE. AND NOTHING'S CHANGED SINCE.

The proposal

LUCY: THE PROPOSAL WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. IF YOU'D ASKED ME AS I WAS GROWING UP, I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED IN MY WILDEST DREAMS THAT THIS WAS HOW I WOULD GET ENGAGED, IT WAS EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE IMAGINED AND BUCKET LOADS MORE. WE HAD BEEN THINKING OF BOOKING A HOLIDAY FOR A WHILE BUT DIDN'T MAKE A DECISION. THEN ONE DAY RICHARD E-MAILED ME AT WORK WITH DATES TO BOOK OFF SAYING THAT HE HAD HANDLED EVERYTHING AND IT WAS ALL GOING TO BE A SURPRISE. I USUALLY HATE NOT BEING IN CONTROL, BUT JUST THIS ONCE, I'M SO GLAD I LET GO.I PACKED MY BAGS AND WE SET OFF ONE SATURDAY. AT EVERY JUNCTION ON THE MOTORWAY I WAS TRYING TO GUESS WHERE WE WERE GOING AND ELIMINATING OPTIONS AS WE DROVE FURTHER AND FURTHER SOUTH. EVENTUALLY I CLOCKED WE WERE GOING TO HEATHROW AND AFTER NEGOTIATING CHECK IN, SECURITY AND A CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST WITH ME STILL NOT KNOWING.. AT THE DEPARTURE GATE I FOUND OUT IT WAS NICE , THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. AMAZING! MY SECOND FAVOURITE PLACE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD (BEATEN ONLY BY MONACO!). WE LANDED IN NICE (AFTER A SECOND BREAKFAST &amp; GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE ON THE PLANE – WE WERE ON HOLIDAY AFTER ALL!) AND AS I TROTTED OUT OF THE AIRPORT THINKING I WAS BACK IN CONTROL KNOWING WHERE WE WERE, I WAS QUICKLY U-TURNED BACK INTO THE AIRPORT AS A VERY SMART CONCIERGE MAN TOOK MY SUITCASE FROM ME AND PLACED ME ON A GOLF BUGGY. WHEN I ASKED WHERE WE WERE GOING I WAS HANDED A SMALL RED PASSPORT EMBOSSED "PASSPORT TO MONACO" AND A HELICOPTER FLIGHT TICKET. I WAS SPEECHLESS. FRONT ROW SEATS AND THE MOST EXCITING 10 MINUTE FLIGHT OF MY LIFE, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING AT THIS POINT HOW I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN BUT THE SHOCK, MIXED WITH TWO GLASSES OF CHAMPAGNE BEFORE 11 AM HAD COMPLETELY DISTRACTED ME. WE LANDED AT OUR HOTEL AND CHECKED IN, THE VIEW FROM THE ROOM WAS INCREDIBLE, HUGE WINDOWS WITH FLOOR TO CEILING SEA VIEWS. THERE WERE CHOCOLATES AND CHAMPAGNE ON ICE WAITING IN THE ROOM – AGAIN, NOTHING CLICKED! A QUICK WALK AROUND THE HOTEL TO GET OUR BEARINGS AND WE GOT READY TO GO OUT FOR DINNER. WE ATE AT THE CAFÉ DE PARIS THAT EVENING AND THEN WENT FOR COCKTAILS AFTERWARDS IN THE BAR OF THE HOTEL DE PARIS. RICHARD WAS KEEN TO GO FOR A WALK AROUND THE MARINA THAT EVENING BUT IT HAD TURNED CHILLY AND IT HAD BEEN A LONG DAY SO I'M EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT THAT I WHINED AND COMPLAINED TILL HE HAD TO TURN BACK… IT WORKED OUT FOR THE BEST HOWEVER, AS OUR HOTEL WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE GRAND CASINO AND AS WE WERE WALKING BACK BY CHANCE THE ENTIRE AREA HAD COMPLETELY CLEARED, WE WALKED PAST THE LARGE FOUNTAIN AND TOOK A FEW PICTURES OF THE GORGEOUS BUILDING LIT UP AT NIGHT. WE WERE CHATTING ABOUT HOW LOVELY THE DAY HAD BEEN SO FAR WHEN RICHARD STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS, SPUN ME AROUND AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, HE WAS DOWN ON ONE KNEE HOLDING A SMALL, BLACK VELVET BOX. THE NEXT 20 MINUTES WERE A BLUR OF EMOTIONS, I CRIED, DROPPED TO THE FLOOR, CRIED, HUGGED,CRIED, KISSED, CRIED, FINALLY IT CLICKED THAT I HAD A DIAMOND RING… I TRIED IT ON, CRIED… HAD TO SIT DOWN, CRIED SOME MORE AND THEN RICHARD SAID "IS THAT A YES?"… I HADN'T EVEN SAID YES FOR ALL THE TEARS!

RICHARD: I DON'T THINK I CAN COMPETE WITH THE ABOVE. BUT HERE GOES. I'D WANTED TO PROPOSE FOR A WHILE BEFORE I DID, I COULD'VE EASILY DONE IT A YEAR BEFORE. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT JUST RIGHT. RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME, RIGHT LOCATION, RIGHT WEATHER. IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO KEEP IT A SECRET. LUCY LOVES TO ORGANIZE EVERYTHING IN LIFE! (WHEN WE GO OUT FOR A WALK IN THE COUNTRY, SHE PACKS ME A SELECTION OF SNACKS, AS SHE KNOWS I'LL GET HUNGRY). ONCE I DECIDED ON MONACO, I APPROACHED THE HOTEL MANAGER FOR SOME EXPERT KNOWLEDGE ON THE MOST SUITABLE PLACES TO POP THE QUESTION. BUT I KNEW I'D HAVE TO GET THERE AND SCOPE THE PLACE OUT WHEN WE LANDED. I WAS A BIT NERVOUS, BUT THE GOOD NERVES, THE ADRENALINE NERVES THAT FLOOD YOUR BODY, MAKE YOU SMILE AND YOUR HEART BEAT. SO THERE I WAS – STOOD SUITED AND BOOTED IN A SPLENDIDLY DECORATED BATHROOM IN THE HOTEL DE PARIS CHECKING THE RING LOOKED EXACTLY AS I WANTED IT TO IN THE BOX (YES, I GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE IN THE BATHROOM TO CHECK THE LADY'S VIEW IN THE REFLECTION – I HAVE MASSIVE OCD!). LUCKILY, NO ONE CAME IN OR IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE I WAS PROPOSING TO MYSELF IN THE MIRROR! I REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND THINKING HOW MUCH MY LIFE HAD CHANGED. I HAD A VISUAL MOVIE LIKE FLASHBACK IN MY MIND OF ALL THE GREAT TIMES WE'D HAD AND ALL THE THINGS WE'D DONE, AND HOW THAT LOUD, TALL, PRETTY GIRL I'D MET 3.5 YEARS EARLIER HAD BECOME THE PERSON I JUST COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT. AND WITH THAT, I WAS SET. IT WENT EXACTLY AS I'D HOPED IT WOULD. A PERFECTLY SECLUDED SPOT BUT WITH THE STUNNING CASINO BUILDING IN THE BACKDROP. THE HOURS AFTERWARDS WERE SO INCREDIBLE. I'VE NEVER SEEN A PERSON SO HAPPY AND BECOME GRADUALLY MORE ECSTATIC AS EVERY MINUTE PASSED AS IT ALL SUNK IN. OH, AND WHY MONACO? BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE A PLACE THAT MIRRORED LUCY SO PERFECTLY WELL - CLASSY, ELEGANT, BEAUTIFUL.

The wedding day

LUCY: IF I COULD HAVE GOT MARRIED AT HOME, I WOULD HAVE. SO WE KNEW FROM THE START THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE INTIMATE THAT WOULD FEEL AS COMFORTABLE AS IF YOU WERE IN YOUR OWN HOME. WE WERE ALSO REALLY KEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE THERE AND EVERY ELEMENT OF THE DAY MEANT SOMETHING TO THE BOTH OF US. WE FOUND THE PHEASANT HOTEL AND KNEW IT WAS THE PLACE, IT'S THE KIND OF HOTEL WE WOULD PICK TO STAY IN AND IT ONLY TOOK ONE MEAL THERE FOR US TO SEAL THE DEAL.I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE DAY, IT SEEMS TO BE COMING REALLY QUICKLY NOW AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT. THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF NERVES, SO MUCH PLANNING HAS GONE INTO EVERY LITTLE DETAIL AND I JUST HOPE IT ALL GOES TO PLAN BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THE DECISION WE ARE MAKING, SO I THINK ON THE DAY ITSELF I'LL BE QUITE CALM.

RICHARD: I WOULD HONESTLY GET MARRIED TO LUCY ANYWHERE. BUT THE PHEASANT CERTAINLY STOOD OUT AND JUST FELT RIGHT. WHEN LUCY WANTS SOMETHING SHE GIVES ME THIS LOOK WHICH I CAN'T QUITE EXPLAIN OR POSSIBLY RE-CREATE. BUT SHE DID IT THAT DAY AND THAT WAS IT. DECISION MADE. ON THE DAY I THINK I WILL NATURALLY BE A BIT NERVOUS, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY BE THE SAME 'GOOD NERVES' I HAD IN MONACO OVER A YEAR AGO. WHEN LUCY'S HAPPY, I'M HAPPY. I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER WALKING TOWARDS ME.

The future

LUCY: WHO KNOWS.. . YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHAT'S AROUND THE CORNER. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW?I'LL TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME… WITH MY BEST FRIEND BY MY SIDE.

RICHARD: IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER - AS LONG AS SHE'S THERE.

Our Story 1

Engagement Shoot 

Richard & Lucy

Richard & Lucy

Photos