11th January

Wedding day

Well today is the reason that we planned this trip; Peter and Jen's wedding.

We had the morning to ourselves and decided that Phil should give ice skating a go. There is a small pond at Delta Lodge and skates can be hired by the hour. Phil was a little unsure to begin with but soon picked up some technique and speed. Thankfully he was the only person out there and managed to avoid injuring himself or any small children. After about half an hour, Phil had totally exhausted himself and so the skates were returned.

Luckily, we headed back to our room early to have some lunch and shower and dress for the wedding at 2pm. When we got there and tried getting into our room our key jammed in the lock. It took maintenance an hour to drill out the lock and get us back into our room. The guy was lovely though and very apoplogetic. He put a new lock in and even sent up a bottle of wine later in the afternoon.

Just before 2pm we headed over for the wedding ceremony. Jen looked every bit the beautiful, blushing bride and even Pete scrubbed up quite a treat. There were many tears shed with Pete leading the way.

There was 3 hours to kill between the ceremony and the reception, so we headed back to our room to get a head start on the festivities of the evening with some chips and a bottle of wine.

We returned for the reception at 6pm. Dinner was the most awesome beef dish and the speeches, though there were many, were entertaining and made for a very enjoyable evening. I was disappointed to not be able to tear up the dance floor in my usual fashion, but got out there for a little while as wine does a good job at masking the pain.

Phil looked great in his new suit (which complimented my dress with exceptional style) and did the most amazing job to keep it spotless throughout the evening. Unfortuanately tears were nearly shed at the conclusion of the evening with the groom spilling a glass of wine all over Phil. Thankgoodness for dry cleaners!

It was a late night to bed after a long and happy evening.

Highlight of the day: A beautiful bride and a stunning wedding.