Newlyweds sealed it with a kiss ... in castle car park
Greg and Jennifer Gowans were not the only couple to have their wedding plans disrupted by the Beast from the East.
As we reported in Wednesday’s Observer, Hillfoots couple Cameron Watt and Angela Bearsdley wed in the Stirling Castle car park after hastily rearranging their plans.
The couple, from Alva, had been due to marry on Saturday at Rowardennan Lodge Youth Hostel, Loch Lomond.
However, last week’s snowfall made access to the hostel impossible and for a time it looked as if the couple’s big day would have to be cancelled.
However, thanks to family and friends and the help of Balfron registrar Lynn Phillips and her husband Robert, Cameron and Angela were able to marry as planned – on the snow-covered esplanade in temperatures hovering around freezing.
The couple, guests and registrar Lynn were ferried to the deserted castle car park in 4x4s to exchange vows in the shadow of the statue of Robert the Bruce.
Cameron, 58, is formerly from Irvine Place in Stirling and runs the Sign Shop in Ward Street, Alloa, while 50 year-old Angela, originally from Nottingham, is founder and executive director of social enterprise Resonate Together, also based in Alloa.
Their only guests were best man Martin Cook and two witnesses: Angela’s best friend Fiona Jones and Cameron’s sister Marina Donaldson, who runs Marelle’s beauty treatments in Riverside, Stirling. The couple, who have been together for seven years,booked Rowardennan Lodge for the ceremony in November and about 26 guests were due to attend. Following the marriage , the couple journeyed to Budapest for
their honeymoon.