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swittle Apr 2022 10:52am, 22 Apr 2022 86,095 posts	0 swittle Hallowed turf
AndyS Apr 2022 12:51pm, 22 Apr 2022 1,198 posts	0 AndyS If she looks behind her, she'll see the building we got married in... (As you can see, I got my name on the scoreboard at Lord's 😎)
Badger Apr 2022 1:39pm, 22 Apr 2022 15,093 posts	0 Badger Nice!
Nicholls595 Apr 2022 1:46pm, 22 Apr 2022 28,356 posts	0 Nicholls595 Very nice! Did Mike Gatting gate crash the wedding breakfast?
AndyS Apr 2022 4:41pm, 22 Apr 2022 1,201 posts	0 AndyS Gatting wasn't there - but when I arrived, Mike Atherton was being interviewed in the Writing Room (which, of course, is just across the corridor from the Long Room. The Long Room, in case I hadn't mentioned it, being the room that I got married in 😆)
Diogenes Apr 2022 5:00pm, 22 Apr 2022 69,155 posts	0 Diogenes That’s cool.
Oscar the Grouch Apr 2022 6:29pm, 22 Apr 2022 4,687 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch I'm wondering - unless MrsS is a fan - how on earth you swung it (ahem) as a venue? But top work
Ocelot Spleens Apr 2022 6:31pm, 22 Apr 2022 33,733 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens AndyS and Stephen Fry. Never seen them in the same room.
Oscar the Grouch Apr 2022 6:38pm, 22 Apr 2022 4,692 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch (In Championship news - Greppers needs a bigger sofa)
AndyS Apr 2022 7:03pm, 22 Apr 2022 1,206 posts	0 AndyS MrS' dad (now sadly having taken that last long walk back to the pavilion) was a big fan, and that rubbed off on her a little. We took her parents to a Eng v Aus ODI at Lord's back in 2009(ish). I didn't realise at the time it was the first time he'd seen England live - and we both have great memories of the day, so I think that helped. Plus, she loved it as a venue - and the catering was absolutely incredible. We followed it with the holiday of a lifetime - 2 of days in Melbourne (including a tour of the MCG), 3 weeks in NZ (which has cemented itself as my favourite place in all the world), 2 days in Brisbane (including the 2nd day at the Gabba - not England's finest hour), a couple of nights in Singapore and then back to Blighty in time for Christmas. There's still a bottle of MCC Champagne in the wine cellar, waiting for a special occasion. It's actually a shelf in the spare room.