Scott and Claire's Wedding in Gretna Green, Dumfries Galloway & Ayrshire

Our Real Wedding

Scott and I met at a gig, 10 years ago (6th Feb 2016), where I was asked at the last minute if I wanted to go because someone couldn't go, and fate took over from there. He was playing in his originals band - The Heavy Jets, at the Maggie Bank in North Shields. We had talked a little in the smoking area, and it came to the end of the night, and my friends were arguing, so as Scott was trying to get my number and continue the conversation, I ended up walking away. But later that night, I couldn't shake the feeling I had missed out on something special, so I googled the Maggie Bank, found the name of the band he was in, and courageously messaged their band page on Facebook, hoping he would reply. Sure enough, he sent me a friend request, and the rest was history. We officially became boyfriend and girlfriend on 21st February 2016.

During our time together, we had plenty of ups and downs, we really struggled to get pregnant and endured a lot of heartbreak and loss, until we finally welcomed our little boy Ollie in 2022. After 5 years of trying and losses, he made us feel complete. Scott proposed to me in front of my whole family, at a surprise birthday party for my 30th. The surprises just kept on coming! He took me to my Mams where I thought we were picking her up to go for a meal, and I walked in the front door, and my whole family and friends were hiding! They had booked a fortune teller and decorated the whole house, and after my reading, my sister gathered everyone in the dining room so I could tell people what the fortune teller said, only for Scott to get down on 1 knee and ask me to be his wife. He had asked for my Mam for my hand in marriage and gone about it the traditional way, which meant a lot to her - what a gem!