Wedding at Beechfield House, Beanacre Chippenham

Congratulations to Michelle and Steve – Married in Bitton!

The sun was just started to peep through the clouds as we arrived at St Marys Church, Bitton. A lovely, picturesque church tucked just off the main road in Bitton. A quick chat with the Rev Maria who was conducting the ceremony to check the signals for the entrance and exit and we were all set. We were even given a brief history of this delightful church and its bell-ringing history from the verger!

Michelle looked radiant as her pageboy and pagegirl scattered white rose petals down the aisle as she walked in to Pachelbel’s Canon in D. Michelle had requested an especially slow performance as her bridesmaids were walking in one at a time.

Michelle and Steve had the organist play the hymns, before we played The Beatle’s ‘All you need is love’ whilst the registers were signed. The registers took a little longer than expected, so we filled in with ‘Here there and everywhere’ which seemed to match the mood quite well. After this, the Maria gave some directions to the congregation for the reception venue, and the happy couple walked out to ‘God Only Knows’ by the Beachboys – an unusual choice for an exit, but it worked very well!

At the Beechfield House, the perfect setting for an episode of Poirot or Miss Marple in our opinion, Michelle had asked for jazz and pop during the drinks reception and Classical for the meal – the opposite way round to normal for us – which made her day feel a little extra special!