Play.Eat.Laugh.Sleep..Pickwell: A lovely photographer and her wonderful photos of a Pickwell May wedding

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

A lovely photographer and her wonderful photos of a Pickwell May wedding

The most wonderful link to one of our favourite photographers blog came through to me and I wanted to share it with you as she has posted the photos from a completely gorgeous Pickwell May wedding and I thought you might like to check them out http://www.rebeccaroundhill.co.uk/blog/category/pickwell-manor/

Catharine and Steve's wedding was so lovely, they are such a wonderful couple and have a really super family. The photographs really captured them and how fun, moving, magical, adoring, beautiful, inclusive of children the wedding was, how true it was to them as a couple and a real celebration of love and family.

On a more personal note...Millie- grace's plaster came off today, hurray!! Although her arm is now feeling very weird and she has nursed it all afternoon not wanting to move it too much, poor Millie.

Mr and Mrs Baker have gone out for dinner with some lovely friends they have got staying to a family run seafood restaurant in Morthoe that we have all been meaning to go to. At 'Morthoe Shellfish' we have heard that the son/husband catches the fish / shellfish which the mum then cooks and serves in her lounge, so basically you go for dinner in their lounge. Supposed to be great food. This may however be a Devon rumour, so am hoping for some Baker details, Mrs Baker always can be relied upon for a great story!

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Our Story

Many people have asked what the story is, how did the Bakers and Elliotts come to be at Pickwell?

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Tracey and Susannah became friends at 6th form college. Steve and Tracey lived in the same village in Sussex. Steve's dad was the vicar and Tracey's dad was Steve's scout leader. Even more wierd, Susannah's dad (also a church minister) and Steve's dad were friends, but Steve and Sus never met.

One summer Tracey took Susannah along to a youth summer camp. Steve was one of the leaders (read : heightened attraction) and a little later Steve and Sus got together. During their 6 on/off years they met Richard, a blue eyed boy from Guildford.

At a club night run by Steve, somehow through the dark and crowded room, Tracey and Richard bumped into eachother (if you have seen the shapes they pull on the dancefloor you would know how easily this happened)..

In the year 2000 they all got married. Tracey and Susannah were eachother's bridesmaids. They have remained firm friends ever since.

When Steve and Susannah came across Pickwell Manor, they knew they couldn't manage such a project on their own. They asked the Elliotts if they would give up their house, their jobs and their community to come and live and work with them and own the project together. They knew there weren't many people they could ask to do such a thing knowing they would still love each other by the end. So they all left everything in Sussex and came to Devon.

They moved on the same day in August 2008. It has been a crazy, wonderful, scary, emotional and beautiful experience so far. All of them would say they feel very ALIVE!

Since they moved they have run 51 successful and wonderful weddings (with more to come), many, many holidays, built or totally refurbished 6 apartments from scratch, updated carpets, painted white throughout, put in quite a few kitchens and bathrooms (including 2 baths on concrete plinths), changed much of the furniture, converted a laundry and have started to convert the chapel. Every year they also have a bonfire gathering in October, an Easter Eggstravaganza fundraising event, and anything else that is not-for-profit that they can fit in. Tracey has completed a dissertation and gone back to nursing for 2 days a week, Steve has started up a new company in London, Richard has mastered a lot of the running of the house as well as training as a coach, specialising in stress management, Sus has taken on the interiors and Tracey and Susannah have learnt weddings in at the deep end! All with 4 young Pickwellians by their sides.

"Our passion is for making life count. Our values lie in
friendship, celebration, valuing others, and social justice. We see Pickwell as a reflection of these things but also a place for rest, recouperation, laughter and conversation. We want to support charities and social enterprises to fufil their dreams and make a difference."

"We love Devon, we love the community here, we love seeing our children grow with nature and discovering the great outdoors. We have to pinch ourselves sometimes when we think about our life here, it is amazing".