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| Off to Haddenham church for
the rehearsal on the Friday... |
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| Wedding rehearsal: Rev
Chris Denham tells us how it's done... |
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| Wedding rehearsal: A few
spectators... |
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| Wedding reheasal: Got to
get this kneeling thing right... |
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| Mark arrives at Julian's
house for the Friday night... |
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| The Welcoming Committee... |
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| We hired a 500-year old
barn from a local farmer. Friday night, it looked like this... |
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| We have to be careful
setting up the barn - there's a robin's nest in this pillar... |
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| ...complete with baby birds
and mother robin... |
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| After some hard work by
Tim, Julian, Raymon & Mark on Saturday morning, the barn now looks
like this... |
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| A quick change from shorts
into wedding gear... |
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| Phew..! Mark's ready for
the wedding on time... |
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| Hope Nic'll be ready on
time..! |
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| Still plenty of time to
go... |
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| The guests start
arriving... |
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| The bridesmaids arrive... |
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| Waiting inside the
church... |
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| Nic signs the register... |
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| It's a long signature -
three words and a hyphen. Never mind, it'll be 'Smith' the next
time she signs... |
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| Now Mark signs on the
dotted line... |
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| Hey, this getting married
thing's a doddle..! |
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| Sarah signs as a witness... |
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| John signs as a witness...
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| Chris Denham signs as
minister... |
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| Nic's dad seems pleased... |
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| Ready to leave the
Church... |
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| The procession out of the
church... |
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| Outside the church door,
with the reverend Chris... |
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| Us, bridesmaids, best man &
ushers... |
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| Julian consulting the list
of photos to take... |
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| Dash & Jenni talking to
Mark's Dad... |
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| Us, parents, Nic's oma and
opa |
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| Nic in front of the pond,
Haddenham village green |
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| Wow. There's a long train
on that dress... |
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| A spontaneous outbreak of
The Locomotion... |
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| Raymon, Tristan and Jasmijn |
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| The colour-co-ordinated
Visscher gang... |
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| Katya, Charmian and David |
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| Robin, Bethan, Kate, John,
Karen & Sam... |
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| Edward, Anne and Mary on
Haddenham village green... |
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| Mark, Annabel, Rik and
Tanya... |
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| We laid on some ducks for
the little 'uns... |
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| Bas, Annerieke, Myrthe and
Jelle |
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| Into the barn for the
reception... |
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| The buffet has been
delivered (phew..!) |
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| Mark gives a speech of
welcome... |
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| Hurry up, Mark, we want our
food... |
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| Mark's nephew Jasper
practises his photography... |
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| Dad doing His Thing -
opening bottles... |
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| Marleen right at the end of
the top table... |
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| What's Jasper after..? Not
my wine again..?! |
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| The Father of the Bride's
speech... |
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| The best man's speech comes
with a free Flying Fortress model kit... |
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| The wedding cake, home-made
by Mark's Mum... |
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| Mark's mum, beside her
Creation... |
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| ...it comes complete with
icing sugar flowers |
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| Our jazz band, the Leon
Warner Trio... |
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| Dancing to 'As Time Goes
By...' |
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| Colin & Lisa having a go... |
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| Foss, taking a break from
video filming... |
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| Marleen's found a friend... |
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| Tristan and Bethan cement
Anglo-Dutch relations... |
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| Yvo tops up his Bookels
bitter - strong stuff..! |
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| Michael and Lisa seem to be
getting on very well... |
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| ...in fact, very well
indeed. |
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| Each table was named after
a film... |
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| The table name-cards double
as fans... |
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| A few pressies to hand
out... |
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| Monty, Jane, Charmian,
Katya & David... |
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| A Dutch tradition(?) Euros
in strawberry jelly..! |
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| A bit of money-laundering
later returns the euros to their normal colour, with help from
Vanish Oxi Action... |
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| Jasper gets a cuddle from
the Bride... What a cool dude..! |
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| Who needs a car..? Off on
foot across Haddenham village back to our house... |
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| Down the narrow village
lanes... |
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| ...car drivers stop for us,
then break into broad grins. |
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| Light as ...er... a
feather... |
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| Everyone waiting for us
outside... |
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| Michael cadges a lift back
to the barn in our next door neighbour's Cobra... |
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| Off to London on the
train... |
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