One Week Warning

Only one week to go until the big day and finally everything is almost organised.  Its taken a lot of effort and communication to get this far, but the light can be seen at the end of the castle dungeon.


Hope you are all looking forward to it, keep those fingers crossed for nice weather and no ash clouds and we will do our best to make you laugh and cry (in a romantic happy way) on the day.  We both can't wait to see you all.


Love, Fraser and Kylie.

Wedding List

Firstly Kylie and I would like to say that we know most of you will incur significant costs travelling to our wedding, therefore, we are not asking anyone attending to buy us a wedding gift, we have everything we need and your presence on our big day is presents enough !!

Having said that, a lot of you have been enquiring about our gift list, so if you really must buy us something, we are hoping that you will contribute to our honeymoon.

Please follow the link below and use the password 0206 to enter our list :

www.kylieandfraser.zankyou.com

From there you will see a range of gifts associated with our honeymoon for you to choose from.  We have also included a short description with each gift so you can get an idea of what we’ll be getting up to !!

Please don't buy us physical gifts, because we live abroad we would only be able to fit one copper bottomed pot per suitcase!

Accomodation Update

It seems that most of the rooms at the MacDonald Marine Hotel are now booked up. For those who've left it late, apparently there are still some rooms available through bookings.com.  Alternatively please check below for other hotels within stumbling distance...

Alternate Accomodation

If you have any trouble using the discount code POLL020611 on the MacDonald Marine Hotel website, please call the hotel (0844 879 9130) and just tell them the date of the wedding and name (Pollard/Hamilton) to book your rooms at the special rate.

For those of you wanting to research alternative accommodation, there are several options in the local area.  A Google search of 'Dirleton Hotels' will return the following list :

• Nether Abbey Hotel, 20 Dirleton Ave, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4BQ, 01620 892802, http://www.netherabbey.co.uk/

• Blenheim House Hotel, 14 Westgate, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4AF,

          01620 892385, http://www.blenheimhousehotel.co.uk/ 

• Belhaven Hotel, 28 Westgate, NORTH BERWICK, East Lothian EH39 4AH,

          01620 893009, http://www.belhavenhotel.co.uk/

• Folly Hotel, 1 Station Hill, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4AN,

          01620 895777, http://www.follyhotel.org/ 

• The Open Arms Hotel, The Green, Main Street, Dirleton, East Lothian, EH39 5EG,

          01620 850241, http://www.openarmshotel.com/

• County Hotel, 15-17 High St, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4HH,

          01620 892989

• Number 12 Quality Street, 12 Quality St, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 4HP,

          01620 892529, http://www.no12qualitystreet.co.uk/ 

• North Berwick Golf Lodge, 18 Fidra Road, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 4NG,

         01620 892457, http://www.northberwickgolflodge.co.uk/

• The Castle Inn, Manse Road, Dirleton, East Lothian, EH39 5EP, 
  
  
  01620 850221, http://www.castleinndirleton.com/

There are also many B&Bs in the local area, or you could contact the local tourism
office for assistance :

• North Berwick Tourist Information Centre, Quality St, North Berwick, Midlothian‎,

          01620 892197

Grubs Up

We have now decided on the menu for our 'wedding breakfast', the flavours and textures refelecting the diversity in our cultures and beliefs :

Starter = Haggis in a Whisky Sauce (the scottish bit)

Main Course = Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding (the english bit)

Desert = Apple Crumble (the naughty bit)

small print : the pictures above are only an example of what you may receive.  They are no guarantee of quality, quantity or edibility.  Some animals may be harmed in the preporation of these food stuffs.

For those of you with dietary issues, or the just plain fussy, we are offering alternative options for the starter and main courses.  Please advise on your RSVP if you would prefer a vegetarian option by writing "i don't want any meat inside me at your wedding, please", or whatever you feel comfortable with.

The vegetarian option for starter =

Warm Filo Tartlet of Scottish Brie & Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Basil Pesto Dressing.

The option for main course =

Open Lasagna of Roasted Peppers, Courgettes & Aubergine, Plum Tomato Sauce 

 

SAVE THE DATE

You should have received your SAVE THE DATE e-mail today, with the picture below attached or emedded.  The photo was taken on our winter trip to Rome in December 2007.  We had been 'going out' for just over 3 months at this point, hence the happy smiles!

It was on this trip, for my work's Christmas party, that Kylie first told me she loved me....   I said, "brilliant" and gave her a big hug!

Booked

After much castle hunting and deliberation, we've finally booked the venue for our nuptials....

Thursday 2nd June, 2011 at

 Dirleton Castle, near North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

You can check out further details here :

http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_089&PropName=Dirleton%20Castle%20And%20Garden 



The reception will be held just along the road at the MacDonald Marine Hotel.

More information is available at : http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/marine 

There will be a discounted room rate for guests wishing to stay at the hotel itself and we'll be making future posts with driving directions, alternative accomodation options, menus for the day and various humorous observations made while trying to organise a wedding from 3,000+miles away.