Instead of spending New Years Eve with family and friends, Linda and I were in a beautiful castle in Wales filming Baz and Bianc's wedding video celebrations. 

We'd driven 200 miles across to Wales, stayed overnight in a hotel, filmed in a beautiful country church and then on to film in a castle, surrounded by warriors of the past and of the present.

The warriors of the past were represented by the many paintings and suits of armour and the warriors of the present were represented by a dozen or so Royal Marine captains that made up the guard of honour and of course, the groom himself.

With one day to go, severe weather warnings were given for the whole country and Wales in particular, so, apart from our video cameras and tripods, we loaded up the 4X4 with 50 feet of heavy duty nylon tow rope, one shovel, one blanket and enough flasks of hot water to bathe in and off we set.

Apart from the swollen river that my sat nav told me to cross we arrived at the church in pleanty of time to attend the wedding rehearsal, much to the delight of Marilyn, the bride's mother, who didn't expect us to make it and after a good nights sleep, we set off nice and early to a little country pub for lunch.

The wedding service went without a hitch, including the Harry Potter owl that swooped over Linda's head and down the aisle to deliver the wedding rings during the ceremony.

Then on to the castle for the reception and wedding breakfast and a rare test for our video cameras as there was no lighting in the grand hall apart from one or two table lamps and around 100 candles. Though we both carry video lights, Linda and I shot without them in order to keep in with the romantic wedding atmosphere.

We left Eastnor Castle at 9 pm and as our own wedding anniversary is New Years Day, we spent the midnight hour watching fireworks exploding over the motorway.

The funny thing was, we loaded up the car with emergency gear, drove over 400 miles and drove into a whiteout at Stowemarket, barely 10 miles from home, so we arrived back to our house in a blissard at 12.30am.

With the groom in full dress military uniform, complete with ceremonial sword, Baz was every bride's dream partner and in a handmade wedding dress, which words cannot do justice to, Bianca was an absolute stunning bride, fit for a truly fairytale wedding. 

We'll certainly remember this years anniversary and as a side note, it's just come to our attention that the castle has picked up our video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC87dzuKGU0 of the wedding video and embedded it on their website, http://www.eastnorcastle.com/blog/ so who knows, we might get to go back and video another wedding again and this time hopefully in summer.