Our engagement party
We're having an engagement party on saturday 12th August.
see you there!
Venue: Pitcher & Piano
venue details: pitcherandpiano.com
see you there!
Venue: Pitcher & Piano
venue details: pitcherandpiano.com
Sunday, July 23, 2006
manchester accommodation
- If you are travelling far we'd like to assist you in finding accommodation. A few friends who live locally have said they might be able to offer a room in their house, but you can also find cheap hotel offers by booking early (Travellodge currently have discounted rooms available for 5th or 6th Jan for £26, instead of the usual £55, in their Manchester Central branch).
hotel options:
- Bargain alert! Travellodge (Manchester Airport) is doing a great offer, book quickly: £15 per room!
- Lastminute.com was recommended by a few people who came to our engagement party in August and found a great hotel at a good price. www.lastminute.com.
- Travellodge is central, cheap (from £26 per double room per night, for advanced bookings), not sure about their standard (wont be luxury, but should be decent). The Manchester Central branch is in a good location, has 'limited parking' so perhaps you can request in advance? https://www.travelodge.co.uk
/find_a_hotel/hotel.php?hotel _id=153&check_from=saver_search
(standard prices, upwards from £50 per room, or £50 per person per night)
- The Castlefield Hotel, 3*, central, fairly cheap, paid parking (£4 per night).
http://www.activereservations.com/hotel/en/hotels-in -citycentre/ah-121426.html - Premier Travel inn
http://www.premiertravelinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do ?hotelId=24128 - The Mitre Hotel, 3*, no parking (i think)
http://www.activereservations.com/hotel/en/hotels-in-citycentre/ah-220355.html
Hostels:
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
RSVP online
If you have received a wedding invite please let us know if you can make it. You can RSVP by clicking 'Post a Comment' below and leaving your name, and number of attendees. This is RSVP for our wedding in Manchester on 6 January 2007.
Wedding info
We are having 2 weddings:
- 25 Nov 2006: Pretoria, South Africa
- 6 Jan 2007: Manchester, United Kingdom.
-Manchester Town hall,
Albert Square,
Manchester,
M2 5HD.
Town hall website:
www.manchester.gov.uk/townhall/townhall/index.htm
Nice pic of the town hall :D
click here.
Manchester Accommodation:
- If you are travelling far we'd like to assist you in finding accommodation. A few friends who live locally have said they might be able to offer a room in their house, but you can also find cheap hotel offers by booking early (Travellodge currently have discounted rooms available for 6 Jan for £26, instead of the usual £55, in their Manchester Central branch). more...
Travelling to Manchester:
-We can also help arrange your travel by keeping a list of people who travel from their different towns so please let us know if you have a spare seat in your car of if you are in need of picking up (to contact us in this regard simply scroll down and click 'Post a comment'). Booking early will also save you money on flights and on train (nationalrail.co.uk).
Keep checking this space. Further details will be posted here...
We're engaged!!
It's official everyone, we are now fiancés!
I know a lot of people are simply saying 'finally', but we are more excited than anyone ever before!!
Here's how it happened: on saturday we 'got lost' for nearly an hour and a half on country lanes (all part of eug's master plan) and out of the blue we found a castle, down a long straight road with two long lines of tall trees.
At the castle they'd prepared our private dining room just for the two of us with a candle-light dinner, personal waiter and a deliiiiiicous 3 (or 4?) course meal! Our waiter was excellent, he treated us like a prince and princess in our castle; he prepared the dining room, put on some nice music, and played our song just at the right time, and even brought in the ring, and he presented us with a bottle of good champaigne with compliments from the staff. how cool is that!?
It didn't all go that smoothly, as young miss Trueman was in tears and needed some good old fashioned TLC, and 'the question' had to be repeated 5 times, but we got there in the end.The ring is only a temporary ring (a little handmade one), but we are getting one made.
Technically nothing has changed between us, but man it is such a good feeling to be engaged :)
