In mid-September my partner and I attended my cousin Kezia's wedding in London. She and her partner Leo made it legal at Marylebone Register Office, and it was such a success that Paul Macartney booked his latest wedding there, too.
We were deputed to wait at Marylebone Station to pick up three dozen helium filled red balloons, then wait outside the Register Office for everyone to come out, and give them to people to hold for the next stage of celebrations.
Next stage was a walk across Regent's Park to the Grand Union Canal (where Kezia lives in a narrowboat) for champagne and canapés. From there, we boarded a narrow boat (not K's) for a 25 min journey to the Grand Union Pub, which K & L had hired for the afternoon and evening.
There, we gathered in the pub garden by the canal, from which vantage point we could watch Kezia's boat (with the happy couple standing on it) arrive alongside. More drinks and delicious snacks followed, before we tramped upstairs into the pub for a fine meal and good speeches.
Around midnight (maybe earlier?) we left the pub, and looked down onto the canal where people continued to celebrate. I looked wonderful. We took the tube back to Kilburn Park, where we were staying at nephew Alex's flat. It was a highly original event, and a great way to celebrate their "Grand Union".
(My photos of the wedding are on my Facebook account, and my PhotoBox one, too, but both only for friends.)
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