Dara & Steve
Dara & Steve
Ceremony and reception venue:
The Bathing Hut and Castle at Pentillie
Where are you both from originally and where is home now?
Steve – Cornish but grew up in Dubai.
Dara – Irish but grew up in Belgium. Home presently in Dubai.
How did you choose your venue?
We visited a number of possible venues in the area but Pentillie had a certain charm, offered plenty of accommodation and is impeccably well looked after and presented. The owner Sammie Coryton showed us around and we loved her approach.
How did your proposal happen (who, when and where)?
At the bar in the house on a hot weekend morning following a bike ride in the desert.
In 2 words, how did you picture your wedding at the beginning?
Picturesque
Social
Often the aspect that makes a wedding original to the couple is the detail/theme – tell us about the special details of the day and how you implemented them (colours, theme decorations, centre pieces, favours, photo booths, DIY etc)
We wanted as much authenticity as possible so tried to source everything locally. Its not a particularly floral time of year, but even the decorations were minimal and locally inspired. It’s a festive time of year, so we aimed for a social atmosphere and planned for the whole day to be held indoors, making full use of the facilities.
Please give a brief account of your wedding planning story i.e. priorities, highs & lows, challenges etc
Of course the dress had to be made as there was nothing that really fitted what was in my mind, so I developed a design and made the dress in Dubai with fabric sourced from London.
We chose local produce where possible and tried to accommodate as many people who travelled from overseas at the venue. It was hard to organise everything from overseas, so we planned a couple of trips to try and source and finalise things well in advance. We also tried to pay for everything on booking for the same reason. No surprises!
The choice of photographer from the UK was limited at the time so for an equivalent price we managed to fly in a recommended person all the way from South Africa. We paid for his services and received more for the full cost of that than we would have from someone local!
What was your favourite part of the day?
Waking up to the snow covered landscape and playing on the snow outside the Castle during photos.
Our wedding coordinator Chrissie would be delighted to show you around Pentillie! To book your private viewing, please call 01579 350044 or email weddings@pentillie.co.uk.