England June 10-14

Wednesday June 10 – Thursday June 11

After Steve getting searched and also getting my Swiss army knife on as carry on, we flew to Liverpool. We were only going to the UK for Steve’s Cousin’s wedding. It was cheaper going to Liverpool and getting the train to Birmingham than to fly straight to Birmingham. We stayed in a hostel in Liverpool for 2 nights – the Everton Road Hostel which was well serviced and very cheap. The beds were by far the most comfortable hostel beds we’ve been in so we got 2 nights of good sleep. After our stuff up with the fares we were careful not to spend any money which we were in the UK, other than some clothes for David & Rebecca’s wedding.

Friday June 12

We got the train to Birmingham then on to Redditch where we met David & Rebecca – the couple to get married and Marcus and Jill – Jill being Steve’s Cousin who lives in Germany. They were just tying up the last few lose ends for the wedding. That night we all went out to the local pub to enjoy the carvery and a few beers. Steve’s aunty and uncle came to as well as the groomsmen.

Saturday June 13

We were staying with David at his place, Beccy had gone to stay with her mum but the groomsmen got ready at David’s place so we got to see the pre wedding stress kick in. Leigh (best man) and David were both very stressed. We had some breakfast before heading to the pub for a beer then on to the wedding.
The wedding was out a nice old church, the scenery was very green and pretty. It was a traditional wedding and lasted about half an hour. The girls were late as one of the cars had gotten lost so we were waiting in the chapel for a while, David and Leigh of course looked even more stressed. After the ceremony was over we headed to the local golf club for the reception. The staff went out of their way to make sure none of the food would make me sick, which was nice. After the reception we headed back to David’s place which we had to ourselves which was nice after living dorm style for so long.
PS Happy Birthday Jess!