02/06/2026
⚡️ SHEEPS, OWLS & GROG THE BARBARIAN LORD ⚡️
Incredible venue... Check
BEAUTIFUL humans... Check
Outfits to make ya swoon... Check
Owl p**p... Check
I mean if you take all the ingredients of this epic wedding at the stunningly beaut Jervaulx Abbey, mixed it in a cauldron of love & dished it out to a camera toting finger wizard such as my good self, but didn't proceed to come home with consistent bangers, then you might as well throw your cameras in the sea & find a different career path. Fortunately my cameras are still lovingly intwined upon my extremities & my heart is full of all out frickin love for this day & the spectacular people that made it so.
The incredible Lena & Nico are such heart warmingly, multi talented, quirky humans that there were numerous points in the day where I was smiling from ear hole to frickin ear hole. I could list their many talents such as bird keeping, car racing, kick boxing & professional dancing to name but a few but if I did i'd be here for a while, & you guys know I love to keep things short & sweet in these preview dissertations. (lol)
The day began with me letting a mama sheep into the car park even though I delicately opened and closed the gate. Turns out my shepherding skills are lacklustre but once I threatened to sacrifice her lambs in the name of our dark saviour GROG THE BARBARIAN LORD she agreed to exit said car park. With that out of the way I got lost in the Abbey for what felt like hours trying to find a human being that wasn't an evil eyed sheep.
Eventually I reunited with the heavenly forms of Lena & Nico & holy moly just look at these absolute beauties. Their ceremony amidst the incredible ruins of Jervaulx abbey was frickin jaw dropping. The sun was shining, my pits were perspiring & an owl was doing absolutely everything apart from what it was supposed to do. Yes the ring bearing barn owl refused to fly to Lena's hand until it was within 6 inches of said hand & when it finally decided to make this spectacular journey of flight, it then did a massive owl poo down said wedding dress. I mean you didn't catch David Bowie doing that on Labyrinth did you. That would have put us all off his massive....ahem. Hair.
After the ceremony it was beers, merriment & portraits so undulating in my undercrackers that I needed a lie down. But there was no time for sleepies, not on this day, because amidst the teepee hotter than Satans crevice it was pure love that warmed the room. Speeches & badass food, dancing that made jaws hit the floor. Seriously Lena & Nico's first dance was so spectacular it brought a tear to my eye. I played it off as perspiration but our dark saviour GROG THE BARBARIAN LORD knows the truth.
Anyway what more can I say. What a wedding. What a couple. I reckon I'll do a reel for this one it was just too damn good.
Massive massive love to Lena Nico plus their friends & family for being truly incredible all day long. Also to the amazing Anna of Jervaulx Abbey who legit must have done 1000 steps just to get me a thimble full of water to drink 😂 What a legendary venue to finally return to 10 years on from last time. Here's to the next one.
🖤 SHOUT OUTS 🖤
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Catering: .kitchen
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Pianist: Jamie Wright
Band: Stereo Bloom
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