Last Saturday I joined Vicky + Andrew for their wedding photos at The Priory Barn & Cottages – a stunning wedding barn, marquee and 7 beautifully decorated cottages on a working farm near Wetherby in Yorkshire!
Surrounded by the dramatic North Yorkshire countryside, Syningthwaite Priory is the perfect blend of romance and enchantment for an idyllic wedding celebration
Their morning was a relaxed affair, with girls and guys gathered in cottages either side of the tranquil, lavender and flower-filled courtyard. After pics with the Vicky and her hilarious best bridesmaids, I joined Andrew and the gang to don their fab Donegal Tweed suits. I’m a self confessed tweed connoisseur and I loved the texture and earthy hues of these suits!
This wedding was all the more special to me because I know Andrew through my older brother Duncan – who was best man at this wedding! ‘Hease’ was a groomsman at Duncan’s wedding, so I hung out with him on the stag. Not only that, but I also live 4 doors down from his parents in Leeds! So it was great to be involved in this lovely family affair. Though it took all my self control not to heckle my bro during his (impressively lovely) speech! It’s great to hear more about the friendship between two close mates, and I didn’t realise these guys walked (and laughed) an hour to and from work every day for years.
Vicky and Andrew have also been together for years, and it was magic to be there; to see her brother give her away and them finally tie the knot! They’re so relaxed and funny together (though Andrew’s deadpan delivery means it took all my photo ninja reflexes to catch all 6 of his smiles across the day!)
As usual, the Weather was in Wetherby!
But the wind and sun made for a day spent relaxing on the terrace, with delicious food and drinks from Homegrown Hospitality (including an amazing sharing roast meets BBQ meat board for the wedding meal and a brownie and honeycomb tower for the cake).
After the first dance, a sax man revved up the dancefloor with some ibiza anthems (and for some reason a giant bear head appeared!), and guests got stuck into some solid evening revelry!
You couldn’t ask for more really… A relaxed and fun celebration all round! And Vicky put some really lovely handmade touches throughout the day…
I loved the ‘Welcome to Vicky’s Wedding (featuring Andrew)’ sign!
I do love a wedding at Priory Barn and Cottages, it just such a fantastic venue, and amazingly run by the amazing Serena and her team!
So, grab y’sen a mug of Yorkshire tea and hit play on the slideshow below to check out their wedding highlights slideshow…
I’ll be uploading their full set of images to their client area in just a few weeks, so if you’d like to be notified when all their images go live, register to be notified at: https://barnabyaldrick.pic-time.com/-VickyAndrew/register
(NB: I’ll only use your email address to notify you about their gallery)
In the meantime, feel free to share this loveliness to Facebook using the buttons at the bottom (or copy and paste the web address into a status), via my Facebook page here or hover to pin to Pinterest!
So huge CONGRATULATIONS to Vicky + Andrew! It was such a pleasure to join you guys and to see so many familiar faces enjoying themselves at your special day!
x
Barnaby
Big love going out to the amazing suppliers involved at this lovely wedding at The Priory Cottages & Barn wedding venue:
Hair: Jodie Ayrton at Alchemy Hairdressing | Make-up: Kellie Parker-Audin at KPA Artistry | Dress designer: Leeds Bridal Apparel | Caterer and Cake Maker: Homegrown Hospitality | Music/Entertainment: Start to Finish Music