Happy New Year! I’m celebrating this New Year with a post from one of my favourite places in the world Seaham Hall. If you read the blog regularly you’ll know that I got married at Seaham Hall, the most beautiful luxury spa hotel in the North. Every Christmas we spend the holidays with family in… Read More Happy New Year – Seaham Hall – Honest Travel
I love the change in the seasons. Autumn is my favorite and usually arrives around the end of September in time for our Wedding Anniversary and my Birthday. I remember the day we got married. I was relieved to see the sun shining for the church service, though when we tried to take photographs on… Read More Warm Fire & Fragrant Flower Bliss
Me and Mr B headed north for Christmas to spend with family in Durham and York. One of our Christmas rituals is spending going back to Seaham Hall. We enjoyed a really romantic walk along the seafront at Seaham where the North Sea looks incredibly dramatic at this time of year. Waves crashing against the… Read More Seaham Hall
I went on business to New York with Mr Boston. The first time we have been back since the engagement. For reasons only known to the UKTI they gave him a business class seat and I got stuck in cattle class! Well I thought, I’m not having that so I donned my best Sarah Arnett… Read More The Upgrade Dress
First fitting today of something which is called the toile. It’s the first time the dress has been made up so the toile is used to get the perfect fit and shape. Anne a very talented seamstress took time to pin and tuck here and there until Anne, Sarah Arnett and Leonie Claire were all… Read More Toile
Today I returned to Leonie Claire Bridal in Brighton to meet with Sarah Arnett. The shop smelled of perfumed candle and was full of beautiful gowns. Leonie and her lovely team greeted me with a beaming smile and a much needed coffee. Sarah was sitting on a sofa drawing, “I think I have just the… Read More Bespoke Bride!
I recently attended a Sarah Arnett sale. It was a ready to wear sale from her last collection and was held in a pop up shop in central Brighton. Mr Boston was on business nearby and said that he would rendezvous with me at the shop. Sarah’s clothes have this almost cult like following… Read More The Sarah Arnett Effect – Bridesmaid Gowns
I like to shop around to get the best when I make a purchase. I take time over a menu in an expensive restaurant; I deliberate over shoes, sometimes the most cost effective is not the cheapest long term option. Expensive shoes tend to stand the test of time and serve as design classics. I… Read More Sarah Arnett Bespoke Bride
So all I’ve done for the past few months is think wedding dresses. I’ve even dreamt of them. Never have I been so excited as I was earlier in the week to receive an invite to a re-launch party at Leonie Claire Bridal. Leonie is throwing a birthday party for her beautiful Brighton boutique which… Read More Sarah Arnett to launch bespoke designs at Leonie Claire
The trip ‘up north’ had resulted in securing our family church St Helen’s Church Kelloe, pretty and steeped in history, it had to be the place. We also viewed a number of hotels, for me there was only ever two in the running…Rockliffe Hall and Seaham Hall both are fab 5 star hotels with lovely… Read More A little church and a lot of hotel…Part II
Now although I live in beautiful seaside town of Brighton I do hail from a place somewhat further north than that. Born and bred in God’s own country, County Durham I thought it appropriate to get married up north. My folks still live in a little ex pit mining village called Kelloe in the same house… Read More A little church and a lot of hotel…Part I
