THIS WEEK'S WEDDING IS FILLED WITH MORE HENLEY-ON-THAMES MAGIC THAN YOU AN SHAKE A STICK AT. THE RIVER, THE BOATS, THE ROWERS, THE ROLLING HILLS, ALL OF IT; THIS WEDDING IS LESS ABOUT DETAILS AND THEMING AND ALL ABOUT THE COUPLE AND THE PLACE. IT'S NOT OFTEN A SETTING IS QUITE SO EFFORTLESS, OR A COUPLE QUITE SO NATURAL, BUT IT ALL CAME TOGETHER SO BEAUTIFULLY. AND A RECEPTION ON A PRIVATE THAMES ISLAND? OH GO ON THEN...

THIS WEEK I EXCITEDLY INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO AN INCREDIBLE VENUE, THE WESTMILL, AND JOIN TONY AND JANE FOR THEIR PROHIBITION THEMED JANUARY WEDDING. NOT ONLY DID THIS VINTAGE THEME FEED MY LOVE FOR GLAMOUR AND SPARKLE, IT ALSO FIT INTO THE STUNNING SETTING PERFECTLY. IT RAINED ALL DAY, BUT HECK, WHO CARES WHEN YOU LOOK THIS GOOD IN A VENUE THIS CHARACTERFUL?!

SO HERE IS THE OBLIGATORY "BEST OF THE YEAR" POST, WHICH I APPROACH WITH BOTH DREAD AND EXCITEMENT IN EQUAL MEASURE. WHY?! BECAUSE I AM THE ABSOLUTE WORST AT RECOGNISING MY OWN ACHIEVEMENTS, AND ALSO PRETTY DIRE AT PICKING MY FAVOURITE OF ANYTHING. CALL ME INDECISIVE! BUT HERE WE ARE, AND SINCE THIS WAS MY BIGGEST EVER YEAR, IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT I GIVE IT A GO.

WITH EVERYTHING FROM TOWN HALL ARCHITECTURE, TO AN OLD CITY ALLEYWAY, TO NEON SIGNS; THIS WEEK'S WEDDING IS ABOUT AS 'CITY' AS THEY COME. PAUL & SONJA WERE THE SWEETEST COUPLE, WITH THE COOLEST PLANS. EVERYTHING FROM THEIR CEREMONIAL SPACE TO THEIR RECEPTION VENUE HIT THE SPOT, AND PROVIDED ME WITH SOME CLASSIC CITY BACKDROPS. THE RAIN AND THE COLD DID NOTHING TO STOP US EITHER!

When you’re a pair of ridiculously cool and talented musicians, this is how you do a sea-side wedding. GEDDON GUYS.

An Autumn wedding, with irresistible Harry Potter touches and a stunning rural backdrop. And their suits….

A wedding that moves from Fitzrovia Chapel, to a boat on the Thames. What a day that was!