I love to see the variety of ways that our beautiful brides bring themselves to their weddings here. Here are photographs of just a few in the last few weeks alone.

 This is one of the more usual modes of transport and, traditional - very special.

Perhaps slightly less traditional but delightful

And our bride and groom today, Emma and Ed.

Kristy and Marc, several weeks ago

Or perhaps this!!!!

Maybe this is the way for you

Bride & Groom,

If you are looking for a wedding venue or if you have already booked your wedding at Fallowfields Hotel, we would like to invite you to our next Fallowfields Open Afternoon on Sunday 25th July 2010, 4 - 7pm.

Our Restaurant will be dressed to help you visualise how fantasic it would look for your wedding reception/civil ceremony with us.

Come along and discuss your wishes with Lynn Trinder, our Wedding Co-ordinator, restaurant staff and some of our favourite suppliers and plan your perfect day.

For further details, please email:   lynn@fallowfields.com  or  stay@fallowfields.com

Sunday 4^th July was the turn for Esther & Paul’s wedding ceremony & reception for 38 close friends and family.

Esther looked lovely in a beautiful dress from Fantasia Bridal in Abingdon.

The two bridesmaids looked stunning in their black and white dresses.

Unfortunately, Esther’s beautiful shoes hurt her so she kicked them off and was the first bride at Fallowfields, to walk down the aisle barefoot!

She was however, much more comfortable and her wonderful smile proved it.

Tori played the harp during the ceremony, reception and the meal. It was so relaxing, you could listen to her play all day and this was also said by the registrar.

Tori is a gifted musician and so pleasant to have around.

The chair covers looked great with black bows: these were supplied by Ribbons & Bows.

The flowers were provided by Kim of Riche de Fleurs: they were absolutely stunning. The bride & bridesmaids carried white orchards, the men had a white orchid for their buttonholes.

After the ceremony, the restaurant was set up with a very long table for 38 guests.  With tall vases it looked wonderful.

The photographers were Brown & Co.  Darryl & Heather have photographed many times at Fallowfields and know the venue well.

Many photographs were taken and I am looking forward to seeing them.  I shall put some on the blog within the next week.

To finish the evening off, Esther and Paul booked the Paul Jeffries Jazz Trio, which they enjoyed very much.

I saw Esther and Paul the next morning, they were still smiling broadly. They were so happy with everything including the excellent service they received at Fallowfields.

We wish them well and hope to see them at Fallowfields within the near future. A great couple!

We had two lovely weddings last week-end.

Saturday 3rd July, Dr Katie Scott and Councillor Matthew Barber invited 120 family, friends and colleagues to their beautiful wedding reception at Fallowfields.

Katie and Matthew arrived in a very impressive Rolls Royce, Katie looked stunning in a beautiful ivory dress and Matthew looked very dapper in his top hat and tails.

Once again, the weather was fantastic and the happy couple and their guests could enjoy Fallowfields lovely grounds.

The colour theme was black and cream which looked amazing. The gorgeous flowers were cream, the chairs were dressed by Beautiful Creases with black sashes. Katie and Matthew were thrilled with how the restaurant and marquee looked, prepared for them and their guests to sit-down to a lovely meal.

The photographer was Steve of Squib Photography. He has promised some photos which will be added to the blog within the next few days.

We wish Katie & Matthew all the very best for the future and hope they have a wonderful honeymoon in Italy.

Valerie celebrated a special birthday on Sunday 27th June at Fallowfields. She invited 70 family and friends to join her and her husband for a birthday lunch.

I was so pleased the weather was perfect, Valerie kept telling me she usually has rain on her birthday, so it was nice to prove her wrong on this occasion.

We have received excellent comments since on the hospitality, which is always nice.

Saturday 26th June was Kay and Paul's big day. It was a wonderful sunny day with 96 guests enjoying the celebrations in Fallowfields lovely grounds.

Kay looked fantastic in a beautiful dress from Proposals Bridal Studio in Witney and Paul looked great and very proud in his wedding attire.

Kay and Paul had a civil ceremony at Fallowfields as well as their reception.

The restaurant and marquee looked stunning with a gold theme throughout; the chair covers with gold bows were supplied by Isis Chair Covers.

Mario from Immage Photography took many photos and has promised me some which I will put on the blog when I receive them.

The wedding was most enjoyable to work on and it brought back many happy memories for me as it was the same day as one of my daughter's got married last year.

Where did that year go?

I have been away on a very enjoyable holiday to Egypt, cruising the Nile, so hence the blogging came to a standstill, now back to reality.

While I was away, on June 3rd we had a lovely wedding for Rachel and Sam, they invited many family and friends to join them for their wedding celebrations at Fallowfields.

Photos to follow!

 Arriving from the church in a Rolls Royce Silver Phantom, Kristy and Marc Bowles are all set to enjoy a sumptuous wedding breakfast here at Fallowfields Country House Hotel.

Marc whispers sweet nothings to a demure Kristy

Fortunately the rain has ceased, so a group photo can be taken - the professional photographer is up in one of Fallowfield's bedrooms, taking the phot down on the group.

Today's menu:

Crab infused risotto, lime and coriander oil, Fallowfields asparagus, egg yolk and spinach ravioli

Elderflower sorbet

Braised blade of beef, champ potato and creamed cabbage, seasonal vegetables and a diamond noir sauce

or

Morel and wild garic risotto cake fresh goats cheese and rosemary, seasonal vegetables

Lemon torte, raspberry sorbet

The wedding cake

Four of the gorgeous bridesmaids

Roy Austin, Toast master and Master of Ceremonies for the day.

2.35 Guest starting to arrive now and so the canapes are ready to go.

2.30 Getting close now to the arrival of the bride Kristy so the bubbly is being poured

2.03 p.m. Fabrice, our Restaurant Manger here for 5 years [always a stickler for detail] gives a little last minute instruction to Julie [Our Maitre d'] of 4 years

2 p.m. The flowers have arrived and the tables are now set

1 p.m. Message from florist - flowers are on their way - some of my people will miss their break to await the florist

1245 p.m. The tables are looking beautiful. We are all ready [our mis en place] is complete - however the florist has not yet delivered the flowers - not our problem but one feels somewhat helpess. An hour and a half to go, so let's keep our fingers crossed.

Well...it is 11 a.m. and hardly a storm but it is drizzling. The forecast promises the rain will have blown over by this afternoon - all well and good for Kristy and Marc who celebrate their wedding here in Oxfordshire later today. Part of the Fallowfields Country House Hotel team is here getting all set up for the day ahead.

Below we see the emerging trend to have colour coordinated sashes on the guest's wedding chairs. I love this as, it is not a particularly expensive option but does so much to set off the room.

Champagne is of course an important part of any wedding everywhere, and below glasses are being polished and set up ready to receive their celebratory contents a bit later.

Our kitchen garden has had a very good asparagus season this year.

A pork roast is being planned for later this evening and so the kitchen is hard at work baking fresh baps during the morning. We do not like to buy these in as fresh baked is sooo much better, and says something about the way we care about food and the quality of everything we do here.