Every wedding needs a rehearsal. How do we walk ? Where do we stand ? What do we say ?

Michelle & her bridesmaids get ready at the Palace Hotel, Manchester.

Guests arrive at St Anne's Church, Sale for the service which was due to start at 12 noon. Traditionally, the bride is supposed to turn up late, isn't she ?

A rainy day so the formal wedding shoot took place indoors. Cheese or whiskey madam ?

2.30pm & eighty guests assemble at a Cheshire hotel for a hearty feed.

It was described as an 'exquisite' buffet lunch. The speeches are said and the cake is cut. The fountain is fun and the flowers are flung.

And for family members who were still hungry, more food was available at Tai Wu restaurant during the evening.

On the following day (Sunday), Two hundred guests sign in for the traditional celebratory banquet.

The toasts begin & the noodle & egg games start.

The weather was perfect for us to dress up again in our wedding gear for photos inside & outside our home.