On Friday 5th June 2015, Carl told me to pack an overnight bag as he was going to surprise me for my birthday. I turned 24 the day after, so it wasn’t a shock that Carl decided to surprise me for my birthday, as he has a heart of gold, he’d never let me go without and is so romantic in that respect.
So we drove nearly 2 hours to Bath, Carl took me to a beautiful restaurant called Ponte Vecchio, the views were absolutely stunning as it next to Pulteney Bridge and overlooks the river Avon. We got a lovely table on the balcony, and the sun was shining bright. Needless to say we had a lovely meal, wine, cocktails and time just chatting and being together.
We then went onto my next surprise, 40 minutes of driving and I did my usual nagging, and asking a million questions trying to figure out where we were going – Carl kept strong and didn’t spill the beans. That is when we pulled up to this..
Thornbury castle.. I was totally blown away by such a grand gesture! We arrived, and checked in to be told we’d had a complimentary upgrade (can’t complain!) We had the Henry VIII room and it was absolutely stunning, topped off with complimentary sherry.
Again I had no expectations or idea of what was just about to happen, Carl does tend to spoil me and I genuinely whole heartedly believed this was just to celebrate my birthday. We’d been in the room for about 10 minutes when Carl asked me several times to open my presents – I refused as it wasn’t officially my birthday until the next day (total role reversal to usual!) Carl finally twisted my arm, I sat down on the sofa and he quickly gave me my card. I opened the card and the words read “Happy Birthday to my fiancé” I looked up confused & shocked – fiance!? As I looked up Carl was down on one knee, I couldn’t process the beautiful words that he used when he asked me to marry him, my mind was mush, I just cried.. & cried.. cried & cried some more.. Of course I said yes this man is my soul mate, and I will spend the rest of my days proving this to him. I honestly have never been so genuinely surprised in my life, as I literally am a detective and can normally sniff out a surprise! But this time Carl exceeded and manage to purchase my ring, guess my size (which was somehow correct!?) and plan all of this without me having a clue.. I have nothing but respect for him being able to pull that off!
Here’s a few photos of our evening together at Thornbury Castle, everything about the evening was amazing and so grand, Carl ordered a bottle of champagne and we enjoyed it in the double jacuzzi bath before enjoying a 3 course feast in the amazing restaurant. Safe to say everything was beyond perfect. What a lucky lady I am!
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