September 2005 - Ben and Ruth's Wedding
 Ruth and Rachel - the lovely bridesmaids. |
 Ben and his Best Man Greg. |
 Ruth arrives at Woodlands Church with her dad Dennis. |
 Rachel, Ruth and Ruth. |
 Ben and Ruth exchange rings. (It was so hot that Ben's ring almost didn't fit!) |
 Signing the register after the marriage. |
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 Ruth's posie of roses was made by Trish Boothby. |
 Ben's parents and Ruth's parents. |
 Ruth's family - parents, siblings and respective families. |
 Ben's family - grandparents, parents, uncles and respective families. |
 Ruth's old flatmates from Muller House. |
 The "Durdham Massive"! |
 Ruth's old Year Team colleagues. |
 Jasmin, Tommy and Helen - Ben's friends from school in Germany. |
 Friends and family all together! |
 The wedding cake. |
 The tables were set out the day before by Ben and Ruth and their families. |
 All the flowers in the church were arranged by Trish Boothby. |
 The reception in the Upper Hall at Woodlands Church. |
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.jpg) Julian cooked all the main courses at 24 hours' notice... what a hero! |
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 Our friend Hannah (who worked as a waitress for us) with the Jinadus' daughter Izzy. |
 Our friend Ludo cooked all the desserts for us - they tasted as good as they looked! |
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 Dave and Trish Boothby of New Root fame - rock legends and great friends. |
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 Ruth's dad gives a short speech. |
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 Best Man Greg embarrasses Ben with stories about his childhood attachment to teddy bears. |
 There was a barn dance in the evening. |
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 Ben's uncle (Stephen!) and cousins sabotage the car. With bricks. And lipstick. And tin cans. |
 First day in the Italian Alps - the weather wasn't great, but nice for walking. |
 The view from our bedroom window in the morning. |
 Ruth dragged Ben up a big mountain at speed... |
 But he made it eventually. |
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 The "Love Bug" hire car. |
 Our hotel balcony in Menaggion on Lake Como. |
 We ate breakfast every morning on the piazza (main square) in Menaggio. |
 The promenade in Menaggio with beautiful views across Lake Como. |
 We pulled out the stops on our final day and spent our last night in the poshest hotel in Menaggio! |
 There were English newspapers... |
 (Ben won!) |
 This pool was flippin' cold. Ben just did it for the photo and then got out! |
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 Ben and Ruth visited Andrea's friend Alberto at his house down the road with Michele (right). |
 With other friends in Milan before travelling home. |
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 We flew from Milan to Bristol in a posh little plane! |