We traveled from Bristol where I was staying with him and his family to London, Nottingham, Middlesbrough and then Carlisle. We stayed in Carlisle which was just outside where we were getting married.
We were very lucky when we got to the hotel that, since we were having flowers delivered there, they knew we were getting married so they upgraded us to the honeymoon suite at no extra charge. It was beautiful! A few of our friends from around Scotland and England traveled to see us get married. It was mostly just our online friends who had witnessed our relationship develop and Neil's best friend, Luke, who was also our Best Man!
We married on June 30th, 2004 at 1:30p GMT in Gretna Green, Scotland inside of The Blacksmiths Cottage. There is so much history tied up in Gretna Green that it almost seemed fitting for us to marry somewhere so historical. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Gretna Green. It has secret compartments in the walls where the Priests and other staff would hide the runaways who wanted to get married incase if their parents showed up trying to stop the wedding. It was amazing to know that we were sharing that area with so many other people who came before us and were incredibly in love, like us.
Although we would've loved for our families to be there we were blessed that we had friends by our sides who could witness our marriage that day.
We hope to take Tyler there someday to show him where his Mommy and Daddy started their life of commitment to each other off at, I hope he will be as in awe of the history as we were.
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