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Mark and Jo's wedding

Mr & Mrs Hopwood

Thankfully the BBC weather forecast is as bad as ever and there was no rain for Mark Hopwood and Jo Harding's wedding.

Congratulations to the both of you.

It was a great day at Avington Park near Itchen Abbas. The sun shone for the most part, the grounds were beautiful and the drink was free flowing. After a quick and sweet ceremony, just how we like it, they became Mr and Mrs Hopwood. We nearly got Rich P into a fit of giggles during his reading.

Bucks Fizz, then soonafter the orange juice part of it was dropped so it became just fizz, then it became just Becks, then it became just a mess. You know who you are. There was more than one.

Well done on the speeches, Jo's dad, Mark and seasoned veteran Max.

Here are some of the photos from the day.

Anyway Mr Mancunian, my name is not Mr China neither!

Mark Hopwood's stag do

The lads having fun

Got back from a great stag weekend in Newquay, nice place...

A tale of two parties. Those that rocked it out till 5am and the others that were early to bed, like myself!

Hoorar, looking forward to the big day on July the 4th for Mark and Jo.

Photographs from the trip: Newquay Stag Weekender

Knock them down, it's easy

I had a renewal notice from Swinton for my homes and contents insurance which was coming in at £400 or so.

I did a quick quote on the Tesco web site it came in around £260 but after I added in the cover for £2,500 of personal possessions it came in arond £290.

A quick call back to Swinton to let them know I was getting a cheaper quote I was given a revised quote of £300 which included an additional element of emergency cover on boilers, water pipes, callouts etc worth about £80.

So, the moral of the story is spend a bit of time getting some extra quotes. I stuck with Swinton as they have always given good customer service from all of their offices. That in itself is worth paying a little bit extra sometimes.