County Brides Magazine 2021/22

Mr. & Mrs.
Married 2nd July 2021
Cairns
I have worked at so many venues that I knew
I wanted somewhere I hadn’t been before. As
soon as Jon & I saw the stunning grounds of Mere
Court, we just looked at each other and smiled.
We were keen to have an outdoor ceremony
as we both love the countryside. Megan was
our wedding coordinator, and she was just so
lovely and welcoming. After sitting down with
Megan when she had shown us around, we just
knew it was the venue for us. We didn’t want lots
of different suppliers and wanted to keep it ‘in
house’ as much as we could, so felt the perfect
day package was just ideal and great value. We
booked the date there and then for June 2020.
"Everything was smoothly
moved over, thankfully."
Jon & I didn’t want a long engagement and
after he proposed with the help of our
two little ones on my 30th birthday in late
July 2019 we started planning our wedding.
I work in the wedding industry as a Bridal
hair & makeup artist, it was difficult to
decide on which venue we would choose.
Little did we know that our short engagement
would turn into nearly 2 years when the whole
world turned upside down with Covid. We
were very optimistic at the time, we tried to
stay positive but with the help and support of
Megan and the insight of how my own wedding
bookings were moving way after our date,
we knew we had to delay our June wedding.
We moved it a little over a year just to be
‘safe’. All our suppliers were able to move to
our new date and everything was smoothly
moved over, thankfully. The year to 2021 flew
by and when the 2nd major lockdown hit, we
couldn’t believe that we were in the same
position again and worrying whether our early
Photographs by:
Scot Ninness Photography
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