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Linden Hall

Linden Hall Northumberland, England.

The marriage of Louise and Tom, at Linden Hall, Northumberland.

Linden Hall is near to Morpeth. well, sort of. it's about a ten minute drive North of Morpeth,
which is in the South of Northumberland,
which is in the North East of England,
which is . . . oh for heavens sake . . . .you get the picture . .

ON TO LOUISE AND TOMS WEDDING !

first signs of wedding things . .

I walk into Linden Hall, approach the staircase, and notice a flower,

actually, two flowers, artfully placed, with ribbons and things, on the bannister.

then I hop upstairs and find the girls

and where the girls are . . the makeup is . .

that is one serious battery of makeup . .

(it's the makeup artists bits n bobs . . .)

above, we see the makeup artist using a tiny teensie weensie bit of that makeup stuff

on our lovely bride, Louise.

(in my humble opinion, she doesn't need much makeup - she looks lovely anyway ..
but what do I know ? I'm just a feller . . )

I notice some extremely detailed embroidery - this is part of a little shoulder wrap thingy

(bridal dress experts will know the name of it,

but in my technical terms, it's a thingymajig.

anyhow - I was impressed by the intricate embroidery .. so I took a picture of it . .

no detailed description needed for the above picture

flowers.

I know . . you knew it was flowers . . didn't you . .

shoes.  (doh - these captions are getting simpler and simpler)

guests.

ah . . but there's more to this one than meets the eye . .

what are they looking at ?

what are they filming.

err . . I think that's a tornado . .

(really - it's a tornado. it's in its early stages, and fortunately, it hasn't touched down

but it's real . . very real  . .

and it made an appearance seconds before the groom.

and this is the groom, being driven to his wedding by a family friend

nice car, I hear you say . .

what is it ?

I hear you ask . .

I'm not going to tell you . . I say . .

but below . . is a clue.

this is the car steering wheel . . is it enough of a clue ?

did you work out what sort of car this is ?

whaddya mean . . you're confused . .

how simple can I make this ?

above, we see the back of a bridesmaids head.

yes . . you know it's the back of a bridesmaids head . .

I took the picture because I liked the circlet of flowers, and the soft focus scene behind them . .

see . . I do some sensible things sometimes . .

speaking of sensible . .

the sensible squad arrive

bridesmaids with . .

water pistols ?

what the heck . . this isn't traditional wedding stuff . . .

waaaaah

it's a stick up.

one squirt and they're dead.

I peek downstairs,

and find that the scene is set  . . .

everything is ready for the wedding.

months, possibly years of thought and planning . .

and all for this moment !

a bunch of musicians do a bit of fiddling on the balcony

whilst the guests await the bride

and so does the groom . . but I've taken this picture from the front . .

so you can't see him . . .

the moment has come

the bride and her extremely proud father

launch from the room and down the staircase !

Launch may have been the wrong word . .

they walk sedately down the staircase to the sound of a string quartet.

does that sound better than launch down the stairs ?

for some bizarre reason - I decided to photograph a good deal of this

wedding from above.

bear with me . . it kinda makes sense . .

( I hope ! )

Tusing a zoomy lens thing . . I zoom in closer and we are able to see

Louise and Tom being married . .

hold on . . isn't that her father . .

yes. Louise's father is carrying out the wedding.

she couldn't have picked a nicer feller for the job . .

Louise's father is Dennis Gray . . and he's a registrar of Marriages !

which is kind of handy today

the wedding - ongoing

and a man in the corner looks like he's throwing something . .

umm . . it's a video camera

and I think he's filming.

(well - he kinda looks like he's throwing it, doesn't he !).

more pictures from above

does it make sense to you now

no ?

well it does to me . .

I get a picture of everyone at the wedding

and can see the whole scene from up  here

do you take this man to be your wife ?

weddings can be a little bit emotional . . . . . .

at this point, Tom is reading a vow to Louise

and I guess it's hit the spot . . .

here . . have a ring . . .

here . . have a kiss . .  :)

err. caption . .
quick . . think of a caption

married !

no caption required here  . .

confetti hurling is traditional at this point

above, we see confetti hurlers . . .

and now the traditional . .

err . . not ..  this isn't traditional . .

Tom now kidnaps his new bride

and whisks her off in a golf buggy . .

is this for real ?

ummm . . yes, I think it is !

I'm not sure exactly where they went . . .

but they were accompanied by a heck of a racket . .

courtesy of a lot of tin cans attached to the back of the buggy . .

and he brings her back too !

what a gentleman !

A bit of rain now starts to fall

so we slide indoors

the lady on the violin provides background music

whilst the guests chat and mingle

chatting and mingling guests.

sometimes - when you look at people mingling from above

they form interesting little patterns,

social groupings  . .

I could watch them for ages . . they're fascinating . .

but . .

we need to get a few pictures taken .. . . so . .

since there's a portico at Linden Hall

and it doesn't usually rain under portico's

(unless the rain is falling horizontal or something)

we take some pictures in the doorway . .

so we're outdoors . . and everything looks lovely . .

we just dont' get wet . .

hey . . never mind photographing bridesmaids

what about taking a picture of the girl with the lovely smile !

the picture above is positive proof that a couple of tiny spots of rain

didn't spoil anything at all

so . . this is the Bigge suite at Linden Hall

you're thinking . . this man has spelled Big incorrectly . . he's silly . .

well . . sorry folks

for some odd reason

Linden Hall has a Bigge Suite.

that's the name on the door ..

I guess that someone spelled it wrong about a hundred years ago

and nobody changed it back . . .

so . . now we've cleared up the problem of the spelling . .

Louise and Tom make a grand entrance into the Bigge Suite at Linden Hall.

:)

and something is afoot . .

above, we see the best man . . doing some lapdancing

sorry . . I was only joking, he isn't lapdancing . .

his fingers are dancing over a laptop

that sounds bad too, doesn't it . .

heck . . I'll keep it simple.

he's typing something into a laptop - and that's a huge projector screen behind him.

One proud and happy brides father, makes his speech

and a toast !

then Tom makes his speech

I'm not sure what the 'deepest sympathy' card is about

but everything is in good humour today

speaking of good humour . .

above, we see the groom being demolished by the best mans speech.

and now a bridesmaid is ceremonially presented with a pair of wellies . .

well . . it did rain rather a lot.

so she hopped outside to road test the wellies in a puddle.

as one does . . . 

:)

a totally unexpected surprise

was our Groom Tom, walking over to the grand piano at Linden Hall

and playing some music for his new wife

which made for some, totally unexpected,

but rather good pictures.

I'm guessing that these images will give Louise and Tom some deep and lasting memories.

on, to the party . .

above, Louise hurls her bouquet at the bridesmaids

guess who caught it . .

I'm not going to tell you . . :)

a lady toots a trumpet . .

and dancing begins

(seriously, it wasn't simply a lady tooting a trumpet . . there was a band with her).

I think perhaps this dance has been rehearsed . .

:)

after the bride and grooms first dance

everyone gets onto the dance floor

even a little bridesmaid

who - in a rather cute fashion, stands gazing at the grown ups . .

Louise grabs a slightly older bridesmaid and gives her a spin

whilst off to camera right

one of the guests banks his left wing down and makes a swooping turn as he zooms across the dance floor

or he might just be caught in the act of tripping up . .

I prefer the zooming flying across the dance floor story . . so we'll stick with that . .

outside, the rain has stopped,

and we hop out to enjoy the cool evening air

and above. the last picture of the day

which oddly enough . . was the first picture in the wedding album

(it was the cover !)

thank you Louise and Tom

this has been one of the most enjoyable days . .

:)