The Wedding

The wedding trip!

You all ready know that we got up really really early to catch a flight to London.

So we did and took off in fog so thick you could cut it with a sharp knife! We went strait up for a couple of thousand feet and then viola there we were in lots of sunshine and clear blue skies. Downside we couldn’t see anything of the country below us. Oh well trusty tablet to the rescue and on board wifi and solitaire and then we landed in Oslo.

 Got the bag made the dutyfree purchases cleared immigration and airbourne once again. This time could see the North sea and all the little boats sailing up and down and back and forth .

 Landed at Gatwick caught the train for Saltash. (Now that’s a name for a town, Just rolls right off the tongue and evokes a a picture of salt and tach. (I have know idea what tach is) 5 hours later we arrived there after crossing the Brunnell Bridge.

 Saltash is just south of or West of Plymouth which is on the South coast of England. Got off the train walked up the path and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,we’re in the end of nowhere! A side street with no name, No Taxi’s No buses No Nuthin!!!!! And it begins to rain just to liven things up! Now what I asked? Let me look after it Sally replied and she immediately went and spoke to a girl she had met on the train and we had a 10 minute free ride to the Hotel (Travel Lodge). Got settled in Called Sally’s Sister who invited us to dinner Yippppeeeeee had too beat the heck out of the attached Burger King right? So caught a cab. (Really didn’t have to go out and catch one just phoned and one came right to us) Jumped in and said Take us to Heather’s place.(Heather is Sally’s sister) the cabby looked at me dumfounded and said don’t know any Heather. Ooooops then turned everything over to Sally and eventually we arrived! Greeted by all the Smiths and a couple of wantabbbbs. Pizza and beer for dinner. Bliss.

Sat. Aug 29^th/14 arose at about 0700 showered dressed in best bib and tucker (yea I know what’s tucker? I don’t know either but I sure looked good as did the lovely Sally. Went out the door and there was our trusty cab awaiting to take us off to the wedding of the year! 

We arrived at  Castle and wandered around looking for everyone else and I heard a shout from an upstairs window. Low and behold there’s my Brother in Law Adrian hanging out saying they would be right down and they were! We all had a great reunion then off to the front court yard. Where Sally and I and numerous others piled into a chartered coach while Adrian and Sandra got the Bentley! Something wrong with this picture!!

After a short drive we all exited said coach and made our way into an 11^th century Church, sat in some uncomfortable pews and waited, and waited and waited some more for the Bride. Helen eventually arrived looking just gorgeous and beemy. The wedding went off without a hitch. We all piled back into the coach and the corks were popped and.

Good thing we had a driver I’ll tell ya. A whole case of Champagne was consumed on the drive back to the castle. We then spent the afternoon sipping and sampling and kind of just being lords of the manor and catching up with family gossip etc etc. Then we were called to table. What a repast. Stuffed speeches and desert. Then dancing in the ballroom! With a twist.(No not the dance just something different) We all got our own headsets! 5 chanels of music take your pick and have at it! So waltzes, rock funk and who knows but a lot of fun! I became a little tired so sat in a couch literally in as I just sunk and needed a derrick to lift me out! Fell a sleep woke up and told to go home. So I did.

Sun Aug 30/14 Up early went for a walk tried to catch a bus back to Hotel no Luck got a cab this time we had to catch it! Got Sally back to Hotel to catch a ride with Adrian and Sandra back to Ireland. (I stayed behind to go back to Norway) Sally and everyone else left the room so I kind of did nuthin. Had dinner at the Burger King Uuuuuggggg!!!!!! Good thing whiskey in the room! Watched some idiot box fell asleep up early on Mon. morning cab to train long ride to Gatwick and flights back to Tromso where I arrived at 2200 Cab to boat and?????????????