Wedding time

Not long after Mum's birthday boat trip, I had another family event - my cousin's wedding. It was the first time I'd seen him for over ten years. There had been some, erm, unpleasantness and, erm, arguments.

Everything went fine as it turned out. We met another of our cousins on the train there, he was now married and his wife was 8 months pregnant. Then they were met at the station by our aunt, so we grabbed a lift. Which was rather handy.

The venue was a lovely country house in Stonehouse in Gloucestershire. The church was a small and pleasant building. And the vicar was a comedian, which always helps. A baby cried out just after he'd asked if anyone knew any reason why the two of them should not be married, and he responded with, "Yes, you at the back!" And then spent the next half-hour taking down the baby's reasons...

There was plenty of alcohol to go round, and I saw a number of my relatives I hadn't seen for a very long time. They'd all turned out to be almost normal...!