Bright wedding with a chance of Welsh cakes!
WEATHERMAN Owain Wyn Evans married boyfriend Arran Rees in a day dominated by Welsh cakes.
The couple had asked their families to bring a homely feel to proceedings – but they almost ended up drowning in pice bach.
“We asked our families to help out with Welsh touches,” Owain said.
“You should have seen the amount of Welsh cakes. We had 160 people there in the evening but we catered for 500. There were cakes and bara brith everywhere. There were hundreds of Welsh cakes. We were entrenched in Welsh cakes.”
The 33-year-old and his 28-yearold beau, from Merthyr Tydfil, who works for the V&A, struggled to find room for them.
“We had to think about the logistics because of the sheer mass of Welsh cakes,” the BBC presenter said.
“They were stored away and we were replenishing them as they went down. We went to collect our stuff after and the lady said ‘We’ve still got some Welsh cakes.’
“We took them and now my freezer is full of them and bara brith.”
After the service, at Wandsworth Town Hall, the couple took to the streets in a double-ecker decorated with white ribbons and headed for the reception at Brunswick House.
“We booked an old Routemaster to take us to Vauxhall,” Owain said.
“It was an old vintage bus and because London is full of tourists people saw this thing with white ribbons on and were snapping pictures.
“It was a nice touch to the day. The Prosecco was in full flow on the bus.”
The pair planned for the service to be “as short as possible”.
“We wanted to get it done,” Owain said. “We were there to celebrate the wedding and wanted to have some food and party. So we chose the shortest possible ceremony.
The two wanted to “keep the celebration for the party rather than all the romance of walking down the aisle”.
“The emphasis was on having a good time,” Owain said.
Both of their families came for the big day – Owain’s from Ammanford and Arran’s from Merthyr.
“Over the years you meet a lot of people but there are always the people who are important to you.
“We had the best time because all the people we wanted there were there.”
But Owain admitted there were tears on the big day.
The BBC Look North presenter said: “I thought I would be the one to set things off but it was Arran. There were a lot of tears.”
Owain’s gran could not get there but managed to keep in touch thanks to the internet.
Because there is no tradition of gay weddings Owain said “you can do whatever you like”.
“We walked in together, my mum was part of it, and my father was a witness,” Owain said. “They loved it and said it was one of the happiest days of their lives.”