Every summer when I was a child, my family used to make a long and arduous journey, all the way from Edinburgh over single track roads and three separate ferry connections to our holiday home in remote Glenmoidart where there was neither gas nor electricity and the drinking water came from a burn at the … Continue Reading
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Doug & Beth’s Humanist Wedding at The Bruntsfield Hotel
A lovely portrait of the beautiful bride from photographer and family friend, Ian Cameron. One of the reasons Doug gave for loving her was that, “Beth is the most gorgeous girl in the world and she still won’t take his word for it.” Maybe she will now. Doug’s sister, Jenny gave us a reading from … Continue Reading
Doug & Beth’s Humanist Wedding at The Bruntsfield Hotel
A lovely portrait of the beautiful bride from photographer and family friend, Ian Cameron. One of the reasons Doug gave for loving her was that, “Beth is the most gorgeous girl in the world and she still won’t take his word for it.” Maybe she will now. Doug’s sister, Jenny gave us a reading from … Continue Reading
Lucy & Mike’s Humanist Wedding at Ravensheugh Beach
Mike & Lucy have been together for twenty years and their wedding was a wonderfully relaxed and happy event on a day of glorious sunshine. The beach is near Tyninghame in East Lothian and it’s a very romantic spot. The cabin is absolutely simple but quite magical. When I arrived, Mike was still getting dressed. … Continue Reading
Lucy & Mike’s Humanist Wedding at Ravensheugh Beach
Mike & Lucy have been together for twenty years and their wedding was a wonderfully relaxed and happy event on a day of glorious sunshine. The beach is near Tyninghame in East Lothian and it’s a very romantic spot. The cabin is absolutely simple but quite magical. When I arrived, Mike was still getting dressed. … Continue Reading
Liz and Eric’s Humanist Wedding at Ardanaseig in Argyll
This was an extraordinary ceremony, in every possible way. Eric and Liz had been planning a humanist wedding for ages but only a month before their wedding, they discovered that the person who was supposed to be conducting their marriage wasn’t actually legally authorised to do so*: major panic! Luckily they got in touch, and … Continue Reading
Chiara & Tim’s Humanist Wedding at the National Trust for Scotland’s House in Charlotte Square
Tim & Chiara’s ceremony was great fun, not just because it was so well-written and moving but because at least half the guests were Italian and in the way that only Italians can, they wore their most glamourous fur coats and smoked with impunity! They sent me this lovely card, (Made on a Mac) with … Continue Reading
Charlotte & Graeme’s Humanist Wedding at The Royal College of Physicians
It’s taken me far too long to realise that there was a very important element missing from this blog – the voices of the couples themselves. Graeme and Charlotte’s was the very first wedding I conducted this year, in the mists and fogs of January and it was a lovely tale of two kids who’d … Continue Reading
Tracy & Martin’s Humanist Wedding at Glencorse Old Kirk
“everyone has commented on how personal and very touching it was.”
Caroline & Bruce’s Humanist Wedding in their garden
I always enjoy a story where love triumphs over adversity, and Caroline & Bruce’s story is a cracker! Childhood sweethearts at a highland boarding school, they were apart for 26 years before they met – and fell in love all over again. They had an intimate ceremony for close family only in a marquee in … Continue Reading