To book a covid friendly wedding in a cottage this summer?

[Siw2020]

We've postponed our wedding once already, been together a long time and ready to start a family. So we have a booked a long weekend at a luxury cottage for immediate family only this summer.

Any ideas on how the fill the weekend? Please help me make wedding plans! :)
All ideas appreciated

No one has any suggestions?

What day will you get married?

Oh and who will carry out the ceremony?

It's your wedding, book what you like. As long as it's in line with whatever restrictions there are, why would you be unreasonable?

If it were me, the weekend would look like this:
Friday evening: Skittles in a pub skittle alley if open, something like boules in the garden if not.
Saturday: Wedding followed by celebration afternoon tea in the garden followed by dancing - each person to provide a soundtrack of their life to form the playlist. I guess you would have to set a limit to the number of tracks each guest could choose.
Sunday: Late brunch followed by a walk somewhere.

Knowing the type of location would be helpful. Mountain top, next to a beach, in a forest etc.

Is it this one OP?

tregullandandco.co.uk/tregulland/

We did this but it was just us as we eloped. We arrived on the Monday sorted all our gubbins out for the next day had a nice lunch (they left a pot of homemade soup for us) and went walking on the beautiful beach. Then we had nice baths and an early night. We got up the next day to see the sunrise on the beach got married, went out for a meal then the next day we had to pack up. It was all leisurely and easy.

@Mixitupalot

What day will you get married?

Oh and who will carry out the ceremony?

A Saturday in July. Ceremony itself will be in the nearest registry office (neither of us are religious)

We have booked to stay 4 nights with our very nearest and dearest in a luxury countryside cottage - then booked in at the nearest registry office.

@Slightlyunhinged

If it were me, the weekend would look like this: Friday evening: Skittles in a pub skittle alley if open, something like boules in the garden if not. Saturday: Wedding followed by celebration afternoon tea in the garden followed by dancing - each person to provide a soundtrack of their life to form the playlist. I guess you would have to set a limit to the number of tracks each guest could choose. Sunday: Late brunch followed by a walk somewhere.

Thank you for your ideas!

Yes there is a lot of garden/green open space where this secluded property is set. So far we have thought of: picnic by the lake / barbeques etc, are there any other outdoorsy games we could play?

Also thinking about afternoon tea for another day - perhaps M&S do one, or a local small business could do a delivery.
Lots of walks for sure! It looks so scenic.

@InTheSnow

Knowing the type of location would be helpful. Mountain top, next to a beach, in a forest etc.

Lakeside accommodation in the hills! Swimming in the lake is allowed (I think - will clarify), AONB so plenty opportunity for walks in the hills/mountains.

I suppose I was trying to think of what to do in the evenings - wedding related activities / games that the parents/PILs/siblings can get involved in too.

I think this sounds amazing!

Why not see if anyone can lend you things like garden jenga, connect 4, boules, skittles etc?

I may have to look at something like this. I have been married before and dp has no family at all and very few friends so when we finally get married he doesn't want a big day. This sounds perfect!

@Lockheart

It's your wedding, book what you like. As long as it's in line with whatever restrictions there are, why would you be unreasonable?

Don’t be such a grinch- she’s asking for ideas!

Your choice of food need not be traditional wedding fayre. You do not even need to have cake if you don't want to. Perhaps if you both have the same favourite ice-cream flavour have jelly and ice-cream instead?

Have a bbq or food stall? In my experience it all revolves around feeding people!

@peak2021

Your choice of food need not be traditional wedding fayre. You do not even need to have cake if you don't want to. Perhaps if you both have the same favourite ice-cream flavour have jelly and ice-cream instead?

I think we would like a cake for the wedding day (Saturday) perhaps after the bbq but not necessarily a traditional 3-tier wedding cake, something more low-key which maybe one of us could bake ourselves or collect from a local small business.

Definitely planning on getting ice-cream in too and hoping for nice weather!

@Royalbloo

Have a bbq or food stall? In my experience it all revolves around feeding people!

Yes! The cottage has a BBQ, so definitely planning on utilising that - I suppose a BBQ is an event in it self - can all spend time outdoors, in my experiences bbqs tend to slow drawn out meals that last the evening, with some champagne and marshmallows I can picture us spending a summer's evening celebrating having just got married...

What is a covid friendly wedding?

@squeezeapplesmakejuice

What is a covid friendly wedding?

A wedding that abides the government rules. When you cut down 100+ guests to just 10 (including the bride and groom) and you can socially distance by spending most of your time outdoors on the hills, by the lake, outdoor dining etc.

I don't think you mean Covid friendly. Surely covid safe.

Are u getting married in scotland?

@KenAddams No and ideally don't want to give away specific details :)

No that's ok was just going to suggest in Scotland you can be married by a humanist which is a non religious ceremony anywhere, meaning they could have came to to the cottage

I suspect July will be quite different and they’ll allow more than 10 people. 30 people were allowed in July 2020 so vaccinations must mean this July will be a lot safer. I’d plan for at least 30 people, unless you only want 10 anyway.

@KenAddams ahh I see! That's really interesting actually. We have however booked a bog-standard registry office slot. That part of it is not important to us so we're kinda just overlooking it and treating the luxury weekend stay with family as our "wedding" and planning events/activities for it. The registry is a tick box to be legally married.

11 people think IABU - may I ask why?