Blimey!
Saturday, 3rd of November 2012 was a very long day. Up at 3am to start
work at Blue Geranium and complete the finishing touches for two
weddings. One in Totnes at New Walk brasserie and the Royal Seven Stars
hotel, the other at St Paul de Leon (Staverton) Church and Two Bridges Hotel, Dartmoor, Devon. I didn't find time to capture many images of the flowers for either wedding, so hopefully Vicky & Andrew and Jan Carter will forward some of the professional pictures that their chosen photographer's captured of their special day.
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| Packard's used for Vicky & Andrew Carrols wedding at Staverton |
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| Avalanche rose buttonholes, dressed with steelberry, waxflower and moss, with freesia and spray rose corsages and the little flower-girl's posy of spray roses and waxflower. |
En-route to Staverton Church I was slightly delayed at the level crossing due to a big beast of a steam train chuff-chuffing at Staverton train station as captured in the image above. I could hardly be cross with such a beautiful scene that is a favourite in the beautiful South Hams.
After delivering all wedding flowers, Don & I drove up to Dolton, North Devon to spend an evening with friends Glen & Simon at their beautiful country home. That evening was also a very lively one with a good old knees up at the annual Winter carnival, which we've managed to attend for the past 5 years.
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| Dartmoor Pony in the bracken |
The following morning (Sunday) we departed early at approx. 9am to collect Blue Geranium's classical pedestals & urns from the Two
Bridges hotel. We failed to sort out a suitable route before we departed Dolton and tried using the google maps on our iPhone's (hilarious I know). Two Bridges, Dartmoor was located, so we followed the direction only to discover that we were lost on Dartmoor on the outskirts of a forest and the iPhone maps saying we were at the destination. It could not have been further away from the destination if it had tried harder. Lost on Dartmoor is not something I'd recommend, especially in freezing cold weather conditions as we'd also encountered by seeing this winter's first dusting of snow across the highest peaks of the moor. The only option at this stage is to continue driving until one sees a recognisable landmark, or name of a Dartmoor village. Ashburton was the first road sign after approx 10 miles from the forest. This meant we'd driven from the north edge of the moor to the South. Two Bridges is in the middle, near Princetown. We eventually found the Two Bridges Hotel, after approx. 25 miles detour. The scenery was truly wonderful with lots of famous Dartmoor ponies, cattle and sheep scattered amongst the heather and bracken.
The following morning (Sunday) we departed early at approx. 9am to collect Blue Geranium's classical pedestals & urns from the Two
Bridges hotel. We failed to sort out a suitable route before we departed Dolton and tried using the google maps on our iPhone's (hilarious I know). Two Bridges, Dartmoor was located, so we followed the direction only to discover that we were lost on Dartmoor on the outskirts of a forest and the iPhone maps saying we were at the destination. It could not have been further away from the destination if it had tried harder. Lost on Dartmoor is not something I'd recommend, especially in freezing cold weather conditions as we'd also encountered by seeing this winter's first dusting of snow across the highest peaks of the moor. The only option at this stage is to continue driving until one sees a recognisable landmark, or name of a Dartmoor village. Ashburton was the first road sign after approx 10 miles from the forest. This meant we'd driven from the north edge of the moor to the South. Two Bridges is in the middle, near Princetown. We eventually found the Two Bridges Hotel, after approx. 25 miles detour. The scenery was truly wonderful with lots of famous Dartmoor ponies, cattle and sheep scattered amongst the heather and bracken.
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