At the end of March we were privileged to attend the wedding of two good friends from Southampton. Karen and Dave had become an item (after being friends for years) whilst we were living in Southampton. We joked when we left the city that the next time we saw them might be at their wedding- ha ha. And it was!! Whilst in Italy on our adventures last year we received a text to say they'd got engaged.
Karen grew up in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and the wedding reception was held near her home town just out of Lavenham.
Lavenham is famous for its picture book crooked houses. It's not hard to see why!!
We stayed in a gem of a pub called The Angel, just off the Market Square. The 6 rooms are above the kitchens and the floors are a little wonky to remind you you're in a building built centuries ago!
There wasn't a whole lot of time for exploration but we did find the local church: St Peter and St Pauls. Lavenham was built on the back of money from the wool trade in the 15th and 16th century and the church was a product of this wealthy period. Its such a grand church for such a small village. 
Somebody else was getting married that day too! Karen and Dave were married in a small church in Bury.
Karen grew up in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and the wedding reception was held near her home town just out of Lavenham.Lavenham is famous for its picture book crooked houses. It's not hard to see why!!
We stayed in a gem of a pub called The Angel, just off the Market Square. The 6 rooms are above the kitchens and the floors are a little wonky to remind you you're in a building built centuries ago!
There wasn't a whole lot of time for exploration but we did find the local church: St Peter and St Pauls. Lavenham was built on the back of money from the wool trade in the 15th and 16th century and the church was a product of this wealthy period. Its such a grand church for such a small village. 
Somebody else was getting married that day too! Karen and Dave were married in a small church in Bury.Lavenham has plenty of galleries to browse and little tearooms to sit in and watch all the tourist buses drive past.
The wedding reception was held in a restored barn complete with exposed beams and ivy and ribbons wound around the pylons. Truly a fairy tale sight! To top off the experience a band arrived and we danced into the evening. A barn dance was a terrific way to mix all the guests up and we all had plenty of laughs.The following day we drove the 9 hours back to bonny Scotland for work on Monday!
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