A little Lunga wedding

Little Lunga Weddings are lovely and Gillian and George's was no exception. 30 of their closest friends and family gathered for a deliberately relaxed and informal weekend of laid back celebration.

the girls

the ceremony in our lovely ballroom

down by the pier

George and Gillian opted to join their friends and family for dinner in our little dining room (which can actually seat 60). Everyone around one enormous antique table, with our girl/boy harris tweed chairs and baskets of bread and light streaming through the lovely window.

Our lovely grounds (and lovely guests!)

Lovely!

The candles are lit

...and relax by the water's edge

A storm is brewing and the sky becomes dramatically dark. But the sun still shines. That's Lunga.

Beautiful beautiful Gillian

Congratulations

And the sky gets darker

Smart girls always come prepared!

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Under the Lunga time clock tower.

They arrived on Friday with family and friends and the sun shone and shone and shone. Supper in the pub in the evening (The Lord of the Isles) was a big success and then a relaxed start to their wedding day as the ceremony wasn't until 5 in the evening. Photographer Louise MacDonald captured the relaxed  atmosphere. The sun shone all day and stayed dry until the photographs were over and dinner began. Smoked venison salad, Barbreck lamb shanks, mash potato puddle - hearty food for family and for friends. George kindly emailed his thanks: 

'Everyone commented, and still does, that the food was out of this world; excellent presentation and more importantly taste. Even the rolls at night went down a storm - the bacon was lovely... I would recommend Lunga to anyone; loads of people were asking how did we find it as it was a great location.'

Gillian and George, I cannot tell you how much all of us enjoyed your wedding. Gillian's smile lit up the weekend as much as the sun did and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

Photography by Louise Macdonald Photography.

I always cry at weddings...

... and I'm not sure why. Sometimes it's a word. Or a look. Or the something borrowed that means something very special.

However, in order to avoid reducing me to a blubbering wreck, I suggest that no-one incorporates into their ceremony this beautiful beautiful piece of music. Beautiful words. Beautiful voice. Oh no: I'm off again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8yEnu9_SGc

A little light music..

One of our lovely brides is having a Clarsach player to provide music for part of her ceremony. Becky Hill is a 4th year student at Oban High School and comes very highly recommended. 

If you would like to contact Becky, her details are:

Becky Hill

Telephone 01631710864

Email lil-pink-becky@hotmail.co.uk

Enjoy!

Win a vintage hen party for 10 people!

My daughter Kirsty has a lovely little vintage tearoom in Glasgow (The Hidden Lane Tearoom) and is offering bride's to be the chance to win a free vintage hen party for 10 people on the evening of 10th June. All you have to do is tell her why you would like to win!

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Food for family, for friends, for sharing 

Some lovely new pics

You can see some lovely new detail shots of Lunga, taken by local photographer Bill Baillie who is photographing a wedding here soon. Here's the link:

http://rainycloudimages.blogspot.com/p/wedding-venues.html

Enjoy!

A wedding for not a lot of people, perhaps?

One of the lovely things about Lunga is that it is a very flexible little castle. With two wings of 5 rooms each and little cottages dotted around, a Little Lunga Wedding is always as special and as meaningful and as individual as some of the 'more people' weddings we have here.

You can enjoy a wonderful, generous, food for sharing wedding meal in our little dining room, our middle sized dining room, or our big ballroom sized dining room with beautiful twinkling glass chandeliers and a setting sun if you would really like.

Our grounds are beautiful and if the weather is lovely you can get married in the gardens, under trees, or by the pond. The song of the birds is our musical backdrop. Or you can stroll down to the water's edge and get married where the shore laps the land. Or we can light our huge log fires and you could get married inside. 

Our local churches are also beautiful: Kilmartin church set amongst one of Scotland's richest prehistoric landscapes; Ardfern Church, a lovely whitewashed traditional stone church set on the outskirts of the village; Kilbrandon Church on the little Island of Seil and reached via the tiny bridge across the Atlantic. How lovely to get married in one of these little churches and then head back to Lunga for a wedding breakfast for two people. Or ten people. Or twenty people. Or thirty people.

Maybe your Little Lunga Wedding is about bringing two families together, or escaping the world, or second time round. Maybe what's important is that it is just the two of you. Speaking your own voice. What I know for sure is that you will be looked after by lovely Lunga people who really really care about the sense of your celebration and who will do everything they can to make sure that your wedding, regardless of size and regardless of detail, is the one you imagined it to be.