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We thought about printing something stiff and gold-edged, then remembered that most of you will be reading this on a train. So here it is: one page, everything on it, no card to lose.
We are getting married in the orchard behind Hollis Barn, where Imari's grandmother kept bees and Nell once reversed a hire car into a gatepost. The valley is beautiful and badly signposted, which is why the travel notes below are longer than the love letter.
If you can only make part of the day, come to the part you can make. If you need a bed, a lift, a quiet room or a plate without dairy, say so in the reply form and we will sort it well before June.
With love — Nell & Imari
Nothing here needs a ticket or a seating plan hunt. Times are the real ones, not the optimistic ones.
The lane in is single track for the last mile, so allow twenty minutes more than your map suggests. Ushers in green will wave you into the upper field; it drains well but wear something you don't mind on grass.
Thirty minutes, two readings, one hymn that nobody will know. Chairs are set on level grass with the aisle end kept free for anyone who would rather not walk far. Phones away, please — this part is unplugged.
Drinks, shade, and the first round of sausage rolls while the barn is turned around behind the hedge. There is lemonade and a proper non-alcoholic cider for anyone not drinking.
One long table in the barn. Find your name card, then ignore it after pudding. The menu is whatever the kitchen garden is doing in June, served in bowls down the middle of the table.
Three, and they have each been told the length. Coffee and something strong come round at the same time.
A five-piece from the next valley who play until they are asked to stop. The barn floor is old brick and uneven in two places, both marked. There is a quieter room upstairs with sofas if the volume becomes too much.
Two coaches run down to the village and the station hotel. Taxis struggle to find the lane after dark, so the bus is genuinely the better plan.
The valley has poor signal and one road. Decide your route before you leave home, and tell us which one you picked in the reply form.
Follow signs for the village, then take the second turning past the stone bridge. The southern approach looks shorter and ends in a ford that is not always passable.
Two shuttles meet trains at the station forecourt. No booking and no charge — just look for the sign with our names on it.
Rooms in the valley are limited, so book early. We have asked the pub to hold its rooms under our names until 1 April.
The orchard is lawn, the barn floor is old brick, and the path between them is gravel. Heels will fight you all three times. Bring a jacket or a cardigan — the valley cools quickly once the sun drops behind the ridge, and the barn doors stay open.
We would love colour. Beyond that there is no code, no theme and no palette to match; the only thing we would ask you to skip is full-length white. If you are more comfortable in trousers, in a suit, in something borrowed or in the outfit you already own, that is exactly right.
If your question is not here, add it to the message box in the reply form and we will answer it directly.
One form, one minute. Everything you put here goes straight to us — headcount for the kitchen, travel plans for the shuttle, and anything we should quietly arrange in advance.