On the Friday April 4th, 2003, Sarah Clifton and Tom Rowan got married at St. Mary's Church near Wantage down south (Official Site) Clare and me travelled down to attend, and here are our photographs of the event.
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13:24:28 On the way to the Dog House, Clare and me stumbled across 'Bradley Farm', fantastic. Hmmm, I think Bradley would be suitable name for a son...
07:03:40 Eventually we made it and made a cup of tea.
11:26:43 Nice shot of the Dog House Hotel.
11:50:39 Here's St. Mary's Church before anyone arrived.
11:50:51 And again.
11:51:46 Here's a housey-bridge.
11:53:26 Inside, a nice window.
11:53:37 And the front of the church.
11:57:52 Clare and me had to go and get cash so we walked, here's the lane.
11:59:13 Clearly some kind of wedding related transport.
12:27:37 This is Clare's hat being modelled by me.
12:31:05 Who should we bump into, but Rob and John and Chie.
12:51:59 John (with bag) and Chie. Mind you, I cannot comment after the earlier hat photo.
12:54:39 Someone garden, photo-worthiliy nice.
13:01:53 Mr Chris Rowan, usher extrordinaire.
13:14:15
13:14:26 Camera 1
13:29:03 This is father Jeremey in mid-preach.
13:42:39 There was wedding paper work being done.
13:42:59 Rob and John confiring.
13:44:15 A nice little shot of weddingy things.
13:46:22 The official photographer getting into position.
13:56:48 A sneak shot of Tom and Sarah on their way out.
13:56:53 The new Mr and Mrs Rowan leaving the church.
13:57:00 Another of Tom and Sarah on their way out.
13:57:58 Ooo the irony.
14:00:30 That would be Mary and the baby Jesus.
14:02:58 Clare, Chie and Rob.
14:07:22 Here's all the people outside church.
14:07:58 Sarah and Tom.
14:08:14 John and Chie.
14:08:21 The sun shines on the righteous.
14:08:32 A close up of Rob's shiny buttons. His Air Marshal would be so proud.
14:08:59 Confetti, GOD YEAH!
14:11:01 A nice weddingy pose.
14:11:11 And another.
14:11:21 Smart car!
14:11:55 We were able to edit Tom out with Photoshop.
14:30:32 We totally failed to get cash in the village, and Andy and Hester took us on a cash reccy to nearby Wantage.
14:31:02 On route we spotted this gentleman. Nice socks.
14:42:43 Not Lains Barn, but a prototype levatating mini-barn.
14:42:51 Rob and Clare looking extremley smart. Sir, yes sir!
14:43:06 Hester and Andy in the Graf-mobile!
14:45:53 The entrance to the Barn.
14:59:44 John and Chie arrive fasionably late after their snack stop.
15:01:10 Some official photography going on here.
15:02:39 How's the Pimms John and Chie?
15:04:37 Some more official photos.
15:05:52 Inflatable instruments make their first appearance of the day.
15:07:20 A family shot being posed. If you look to the left, Chris and Maz are doing 'Go Grease Lightning'
15:07:28 Air-guitar tuning.
15:07:37 Serious business.
15:07:46 Clare, Andy and Hester.
15:14:22 A textbook example of why you shouldn't take pictures into the sunlite.
15:14:24 And another.
15:15:39 All the gents from the stag do looking very officious.
15:17:45 Nice cuff links Mr Rowan.
15:18:34 Sarah and Larna.
15:19:17 Andy, Tom, Dean and Helen.
15:32:28 A lovely shot and John and myself on a plough ruined by sunlite.
15:32:33 Ditto.
15:33:40 Chie and John posing in the perfect rural backdrop of a barn and plough.
15:33:42 More smiles...
15:34:00 With help the the pros step ladders, this was taken whilst the photographer took 'a proper one'
15:34:04 And one more please.
15:50:53 Meanwhile in the Barn...
16:12:44 Rob raising his glass whilst John finishes his soup the proper way.
16:12:52 Andy and Hester in the barn.
16:20:18 Rob and John had got Tom in a 'cheers loop'.
17:16:24 Instead of table numbers, all the tables were named after groups of animals; 'hens', 'chicks', 'cows', 'donkeys', 'monkeys' etc. We were 'piggies'.
17:22:04 Speeches
17:30:32 Speeches
17:30:35 As I was saying...
17:30:40 Who's talking?
17:40:18 Andy signing the guestbook.
17:46:11 I had a red wine accident (hidden under the napkin)
17:49:38 John and Chie listening to the speeches.
17:54:13 John modelling Clare's hat.
18:26:17 And, to contrast, here's Clare modelling Rob's hat.
18:28:41 Time to cut the cake.
18:28:55 More cake shots...
18:29:05 And another...
18:29:24 One more...
18:40:45 Here's Sarah and Tom's first dance, sorry its blurred.
18:41:34 There was some spinning going on.
18:45:21 Another shot of the happy couple dancing.
18:45:42 And an exchange of dancing partners, take the stage please Margaret and Peter.
19:11:26 John and Chie hold base camp.
19:13:41 Some laughter (not at John's expense)
19:14:00 Still laughing, ahhahaha.
19:14:26 Still have a glint in my eye.
19:14:45 Go on Rob, do it again!
19:15:19 A nice happy cheers shot.
19:16:24 Nice cuff-links Mr Rowan!
19:18:26 Now John, what's all this then?
19:20:05 Ladies and gentlemen, its Mrs Hastings!
19:23:23 Chris and me showing a positive vibe.
19:24:41 Through the medium of face pulling, Chris and me showing a negative vibe.
19:25:47 Maz is clearly confused about which end of the microphone is for her mouth.
19:34:08 So what else have you got down there John?
19:34:27 And welcome to Jazz club... groovy.
19:44:45 Here an phsycadelic experimentational light shot.
19:45:07 And one more.
19:45:27 I think I had either had too much to drink...
19:45:57 ...or the drink I had was spiked.
19:46:07 A sit down is in order.
19:55:00 But everything's spinning!
19:56:50 Ah that's better. Here's Chie taking a shot of John's patented dance moves.
19:59:18 Here's John mid-Moonwalk.
20:00:20 Comfy barn wall.
20:00:29 Eh John?
20:15:09 There's clearnly more ham on my sandwich.
20:15:57 Here's John to one side doing his 80s Robot Dancing.
20:31:01 A nice grainy dancing shot.
21:17:35 A nice friendly hug.
21:56:59 Paparrazi John.
21:57:14 Looking very blurry at this moment.
08:57:53 This is Chinese and Japanese for Clare (so I'm told). We took this in the morning before it washed off.