Sunset Over Brill

Emma’s sister, Helen, had persuaded us to go to the Thame Wedding Fair, in part because she had to man the John Lewis stand. Both Emma and I were very nervous about it, and we had no idea what to expect. The drive down there was nice, and the location – the exclusive looking Oxfordshire Golf Course – was something of a revelation itself, and actually, it wasn’t nearly as bad as we expected. Helen seemed to have a pretty rum deal though. Selling the idea of a guest list isn’t really that ‘sexy’ a thing to attract people to your stand as wedding dresses, flowers, chocolate fountains or glossy photograph albums…

Speaking of photograph albums, we’ve found our photographer! Or at least, subject to wallet-holders agreement we’ve found the person we would like to be our photographer. Phil O’Connor is a former sports photographer for fleet street and specialises in the unobtrusive, reportage style that we are after. He also comes across as a really nice friendly man that you want doing your event.

Following the fair, we went for a walk at Brill Hill, see the windmill, and go through the various things we picked up at the fair. By chance, in the middle of the street, Emma was greeted by an old VN friend out for a walk with a child, and it was a nice catchup. The whole afternoon was gorgeous and we stayed on the hill under the sails of the windmill till the sun had set…