The venue hunt is on.

Now that we are having the wedding back in the uk we needed to think of where to have the wedding!
This being my second marriage I knew it would be hard to get married in a church again and I personally wouldnt feel married if we got married at the local reg office (NOTHING wrong with them and I think they can be fab, Its just not for me) so the perfect venue hunt was on!

One saturday morning we got in the car and off we went!
We went back to look at Orton Hall
http://www.bestwestern.co.uk/Hotels/Orton-Hall-Hotel-And-Spa-Peterborough-83354/Hotel-Info/Default.aspx but decided against it in the end as our new date didnt receive the best of welcomes!

We then drove over to the Sibson Inn                                                            which was lovely on the outside but as it was closed on a saturday we decided to come back another day!

Next on our list was The Bell

This one was lovely two rooms and a outside bit JUST for our wedding but it was nearly all our budget without anything else :-(

So next up was  The Bull Hotel
http://www.peterborobullhotel.com/ which again was BEAUTIFUL but being smack bang in the middle of town we didnt think this was practical for our guests especially with parking :-(

Last on our list was one that I had seen on facebook and was about half hour away which we were unsure of for our out of town  guests but we decided to take alook around anyway at Barndale Hall
http://www.barnsdalehotel.co.uk/weddings-c3.html................I fell in love with the building on sight :-) BUT at nearly double our budget this just wasnt going to be so we drove away before I could cry lol

On our way out of here tho we spotted a smaller more country look hotel the other side of the road that we decided to pop into on the off chance!!
We went in spoke to the reception about our date and asked them what they did for weddings??
When we told them rough numbers they took us to their top barn and this is VERY similar to what greeted us

To say we were both lost for words is an understatement!!
We walked in and went WOW at the same time :-)
This ladies and gentlemen is the one, this is our wedding venue, roll on
                           
                                 sunday 1st november 2015 at 2pm at Barnsdale Lodge, Oakham!