Paul and Danielle's Wedding in Newquay, Cornwall

As I walked down the aisle on the beach to the sound of Etta James, with my son on one arm, and my dad on the other, (being led by my 11-year-old cocker spaniel, Ruby, in her tropical flower collar). I just couldn’t wait to get to Paul.

As soon as he saw me he had a little tear, accompanied by the biggest grin and I knew that everything was just right. It was still quite grey on the beach, but as the registrar began to talk about absent friends and sent out a prayer for my mum, whom we lost 5 years ago, the clouds broke and the sun came shining through. From that point on the weather was absolutely glorious, she’d just kept us guessing for a while!

The emotion of saying our vows and listening to the reading, one from our son, one from our friend who wrote her own was so overwhelming but saying ‘I do’ was the absolute happiest moment of our lives and we both just want to do it all over again now.

We danced back down the aisle to our favourite house tune and from there the music took over. With steel drums, a saxophonist and DJs, sun, cocktails, sea and music, it was just absolutely about who we are. But the thing that made it the best day of our lives was the people! We had everyone in the world who was most special to us on that beach, (save for a few who were sadly missed). Everyone there was crazily happy for us both and genuinely over the moon to be a part of our special day, and it showed. We laughed, we cried, we danced we sang and most of all, we loved it.

We could not have asked for anything more and we wouldn’t have changed a thing.