Davies family wedding after party

What a day we had. Jody, Brian Davies granddaughter got married the day before and Brian & Sheila asked us to the after party. Brian had neglected to mention when we told him our travel dates, that his granddaughter was getting married the same weekend so we felt privileged to be there. He informed us on Friday night that he had arranged that we would attend the after wedding party with him.
This was definitely not a casual affair, most ladies wore what I would consider wedding dresses to the after party. I hadn’t really packed for this type of event but that was not important. 350 people were invited with 186 at the wedding. The 7 bridesmaids rocked up to the wedding in the back of a ute with Sheila on board as well. Jody wore Sheila’s wedding dress for the first half of the afternoon, Natalie Davies wore one of her bridesmaids dresses.
Sheila, Jody’s Mum is a talented galloping horse trainer so the party was partly horse themed. The marquee was set up inside the training track and they had a horse race with a bookie taking the bets, all the proceeds went to the Rescue Helicopter, there was a stunt horse riding display and to top it off we had can-can dancers. Watching the men watching the dancers (and participating) was hilarious.
I met Marion, Gethin’s partner and we had a ball together. Gethin’s wife Sian and I were quite close when we were in Wales but sadly she passed away at a young age.
We caught up with Brian’s extended family who we knew from 1991, Elwyn & Mary with children Wyn & Hugh. Gethin’s children Nerys, Nia and Alun, Brian’s ex wife, Megan, who looked after us extremely well when we were there in 1991. Tomi, Brian’s grandson has played for the Welsh 7’s team and Wales U21 team, a lovely young man who is now on a 2 year contract with Scarlets. Tomi was a bit horrified when he saw Brian in Neil’s All Black jacket, “Never, Grandad, what the hell” 😂
Music was provided by an Irish band then a DJ, exceptional food, fantastic company, we felt very lucky to be there.Read more