Ruth and Matt at Firle Place
A Firle Place Wedding
The Firle Estate near Lewes was the destination for Ruth and Matt on their wedding day this May.
Firle itself is a small town complete with church and a large estate all within cosy distance of each other.
Ruth and Matt used the stables for their wedding reception and 250 guests…this was a big military wedding with an elegant theme throughout.
Ruth's original 1930's wedding dress
Wedding Olympic Games
The whole day went off without a hitch and the weather was exceptionally good to us. After the ceremony Ruth was place in a wheelbarrow and wheeled away from the church but the barrow had a flat and so the solution was for Matt to call on his Navy friends to carry Ruth instead!
Unfortunately the Wheelbarrow had a flat, so Ruth was quite literally escorted off the premises
The wedding reception followed on the grounds of Firle Place…which are huge.
Loads of places for photos are available here, weeping willows, long grasses and a croquet lawn to entertain guests with and everything is in one place (the guests arrived by a double decker bus).
After dinner things went off the track a little if I’m honest… we had a Wedding Sports day!
There was three games in total. The first being where 4 or 5 victims, ah, volunteers had to hold a pole to their chins, look at the top of the pole and spin around for ten seconds and run towards a tree.
The Wedding Olympics!
Bearing in mind by this point there’d been the reception drinks, wine during the wedding breakfast and then the toasting during the speeches and well…
It's all fun and games until someone loses their head.
Next up was an egg and spoon race.
This wedding sports day had an egg and spoon race
Lastly a competition where groups of two had to balance an apple between their foreheads and do various steps and jumps on command without losing their apple.
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It was an awesome day, and nobody was hurt!
It's simply astonishing what you get inside a cracker box these days.
This wasn't my first choice of setting for this dress but the TV aerial was a little too high for me to reach
Ruth had a vintage 1930's elegant wedding dress
Don't mind me....
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Ruth's Bouquet
Ruth's mum made the wedding flowers
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The John Piper Window in Firle Church
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Firle Church was the ceremony venue
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These two were always close
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Warm wishes were tied to a tree after the ceremony.
The gifts on the table went down really well
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It's perfectly safe, look at the top of the pole, spin around for 10 seconds and run towards a tree. Simples.
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Square crop, happy couple, just add a tree.
Awesome
Lots of opportunity for great photos at Firle Place
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A Firle Place Wedding
Ruth and Matt at Firle Place
Ruth and Matt's first dance
