You were so lucky that the island had that break in infections and the wedding was so lovely. It was a difficult time for all the wedding businesses - I know my hairdresser came close to going under during our lockdowns.
That break was a genuine life-saver, and definitely helped the mental wellbeing of the whole island. It was not 'normal' as there were no visitors and the businesses that depended on them were still hard hit, but the government subsidies for them through the 'island fortress' period as well as the periods where businesses were closed, helped keep a lot of them going
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It was so sad, watching them having to make what had not been a very big posh wedding to start with, smaller and smaller. In the end it was a relief when they had to call it off. But then they realised, as the Island Fortress strategy worked, that they might be able to book it for late August at a time when other people had already cancelled theirs, and have their ceili and the catering by the people they knew who run a small cafe, not too dissimilar to the original, but without any family or friends from off-island.
The off-island guests who wouldn't be able to come all said 'Go for it! It will be lovely to know you can have a proper wedding on the island when no-one can in the rest of the British Isles!' And it was just an absolutely joyous event.
(The money they had saved for the honeymoon in Tahiti went towards the deposit on their new house that they eventually moved into after our lockdown of early 2021!)
A very good reminder that there is life on the other side. I remember well all of the plans that were changed and then changed yet again. The little problems probably ended up making their marriage even stronger. It was a lovely wedding and everyone seemed to have a great time.
It is interesting to look back; it feels like so long ago now.
And we seem to have learnt to live with the covid, although I think that, here, they are giving up all the precautions too early as our small hospital now has almost a whole ward of people who have it. But I agree we are past the worst of it, thank goodness.
We were very fortunate getting that eight month period, when it still had a high fatality rate, where we lived totally normal lives apart from not being able to return to the island if we chose to leave. They had expected, at that point 2 years ago, that they might have to wait up to a couple of years before they could even begin to re-plan, so realising that they could have an almost normal wedding so soon was a real fillip to their spirits.
Sadly her husband's grandmother, who lives near Betws y Coed, wasn't able to come of course, but was still glad to know they were married.
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The off-island guests who wouldn't be able to come all said 'Go for it! It will be lovely to know you can have a proper wedding on the island when no-one can in the rest of the British Isles!' And it was just an absolutely joyous event.
(The money they had saved for the honeymoon in Tahiti went towards the deposit on their new house that they eventually moved into after our lockdown of early 2021!)
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- Erulisse (one L)
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And we seem to have learnt to live with the covid, although I think that, here, they are giving up all the precautions too early as our small hospital now has almost a whole ward of people who have it. But I agree we are past the worst of it, thank goodness.
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I think we will be living with this for a long time.
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Sadly her husband's grandmother, who lives near Betws y Coed, wasn't able to come of course, but was still glad to know they were married.
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