Together with their families
A love story is really just a collection of ordinary days that quietly add up to everything. This is a little of ours — and an invitation to be part of the next chapter.
2015 How we met
We met the modern way — on a dating app — though this was back before Tinder even existed, which makes us either early adopters or simply impatient. We hit it off almost at once: hanging out more and more, the introduction to Alex's friends, the first of many holidays. Somewhere along the way we became each other's best friend — same daft humour, same odd little obsessions — until we genuinely could not imagine life without the other.
2018 The best decision
Long before the house or the ring, there was a small ginger corgi with enormous ears and even bigger opinions. Bodie bounded into our lives in 2018 and promptly took charge of both of us — the walks, the sofa, the schedule. He has been our shadow ever since, and on the day he lands the most important job of all: ring bearer.
2023 Our first home
Then came the keys to a little house of our own — too many paint swatches, a kitchen we are still arguing about, and a garden that Bodie has firmly claimed as his kingdom. It is unfinished and imperfect and entirely, wonderfully ours.
2025 The proposal
It happened in Colmar, in the fairy-tale heart of Alsace. A private driver wound them up to the Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg for a day among turrets and vineyards, then back to L'Esquisse Hôtel for their first-ever Michelin-starred dinner and quiet cocktails at the bar. It was there, at the hotel — before they crossed the border into Switzerland — that Alex finally asked. Katie said yes.
What comes next
And after the wedding? We have a plan. It gets a little more ambitious every year — wildly unrealistic, strictly non-binding, and (we are fairly sure) entirely inevitable.
2031 Naturalised
We move to the Alps, master the dark art of fondue, learn to ski without falling over and — after the obligatory decade of paperwork — become proud Swiss citizens. Two red passports, one mountain chalet, and a very smug corgi in a tiny barrel.
2033 Off-world
We become some of the first ordinary people to see the curve of the Earth from space. Commercial tickets, window seats only, snacks freeze-dried. Bodie supervises the launch from the back garden and declines, on principle, to be impressed.
2034 Quite by accident
On a completely normal holiday, Alex pulls a ceremonial sword from a stone while hunting for a geocache. After a flurry of legal disputes and one unfortunate loophole in international law, we are crowned King and Queen of a small European nation. We now spend our days opening supermarkets and waving from balconies.
2037 The first windfall
We win the lottery. Then, because the first time felt like beginner's luck, we win it again the following week. The surprised faces are now thoroughly rehearsed, the novelty cheque is on its third reprint, and the first win is earmarked for more dog treats than is strictly sensible.
You're invited
When
Friday 2 April 2027
Ceremony at 2.30pm
Where
The Tithe Barn
Bolton Abbey · Yorkshire Dales
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