Hi,
I'm looking for inspiration! I became engaged in May and straight away began excitedly searching for perfect wedding venues in our local area (west Cumbria towards the lakes) but my excitement has dwindled to complete despondency when I have realised that most things are completely out of our budget which to be fair is almost non-existent ☹️
This is a second marriage for both of us (he had a huge full works wedding first time around - I eloped so didn't have a wedding really) so we don't want anything over the top. We have a maximum of 30 people attending and we were hoping for a relaxed affair, possibly outside with a barbeque or hog roast meal - weather depending. All the hotels I've looked at seem to be aimed at larger groups and even their intimate packages are £5000+ which we can't afford. We could probably stretch to about £3000
I was hoping someone may have been to the kind of wedding I would like to have or could suggest somewhere that might be suitable. We live in West Cumbria but would be happy with the lakes area, Grasmere, Keswick etc. We haven't decided on a date yet, we initially said 2015 but anytime between now and then would be do-able...I'd marry him tomorrow if I could ?
Any ideas or suggestions gratefully received.