Jamie Bellord and our ENB writer/team leader, Karen Alvarenga Oliveira, were married on 27 June 2009 at Lulworth Castle outside of Dorchester in Dorset (Thomas Hardy country in southwest England.) As usual, an international trip for business or pleasure provides an opportunity for a cycling adventure. So, I booked a First Class ticket from NY to London using my surfeit of air miles, packed up my bike and headed to the United Kingdom.
Diego Noguera, the Digital Manager on our IISD Reporting Services team, and I met up at Heathrow Airport and we drove to Dorchester, about two hours from west of London.
Karen and Jamie had instructed gentlemen to “wear morning dress”, which is something that I had never done before but relished the opportunity to go formal. With some help from the international customer service at Moss Brothers, both Diego and I rented the required attire for formal weddings held during the day in the UK. (Photo above: Lingfield morning coat with matching waistcoat and pink Creswell cravat.. winning combo.)
Here are Diego, Asheline Appleton, Alexandra Conliffe and Leonie Gordon, all friends of Karen and Jamie’s from our ENB Team.
Leonie and her absolutely adorable daughter, Elena (who fancied my top hat.)
Alex, Diego and Asheline were stunning on the most perfect of summer days in Dorset
Before picking up Asheline, Diego and Alexandra at 3:00 pm, I got in a lovely bike ride for about two hours in the Dorset countryside, just east of Dorchester.
Easy spin except for the flat that I had somewhere near Puddletown and Moreton. I’m pretty sure that the heat of the day caused the patch I had applied outside of Winnipeg to leak, particularly since the flat took place very slowly. But, I changed the tire, rode slowly on the tire only partially pumped (to avoid a pinch flat) and made it to the church on time.
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