Forest Cairngorms elopement at Loch Garten – Chloe & Thomas

Chloe & Thomas’s forest Cairngorms elopement at Loch Garten was full of joy and so relaxed. They both dreamed about the elopement in autumn in Scotland. Moreover, they wanted to be surrounded during their Scotland outdoor ceremony by their dearest and nearest. They had great news for them.

But let’s start from the beginning of this forest Cairngorms elopement. Chloe and Thomas eloped at the shore of Loch Garten. Thomas was busy setting the table and treats on the table. Chloe was standing on the side with me. She was dressed in a beautiful blue tulle skirt and a sweater handmade by her grandmother. She looked like a forest fairy. At one point she came closer to me and whispered to me that she is pregnant and that she and Thomas would like to announce this wonderful news to their family. I told her the best moment would be during the group photo when everyone will stand close to them and then I’ll count to three.

I felt this wonderful thrill of knowing again something that was still a surprise for the whole family. It was nice to look at them and the smile on their faces. In the air, you could feel this specific, joyful atmosphere filled with love. And they didn’t even know what I already knew.

There should be something like: “Chloe and Thomas stood under a tree, on the bank of Loch Garten” … But no, I’d like to describe some of the most important moments of Chloe and Thomas’s Scotland outdoor elopement ceremony. Like this one when Chloe and Thomas’s rings tied with a white ribbon to a small pillow went from hand to hand so that everyone could actively participate in the outdoor elopement ceremony. Poem read by one of Thomas’s brothers. The rain that suddenly, while reading the vows, remembered that this is Scotland, and it hadn’t been treading trees and heather for an hour. And it began to dance happily among the trees and on the loch’s surface.

Chloe and Thomas sliced a doughnut in half. Yes, you read that right. There was no traditional wedding cake. There was a box of delicious doughnuts. Confetti of dried flower petals and wildflower seeds was tossed at everyone and everything. And that laugh that accompanied me from the very beginning. The moment Thomas pulled out a little black and white photo and he and Chloe shouted “We are pregnant” when I finished counting to three. They had to repeat it several times. And then everyone began to cuddle, tears of happiness ran down the cheeks, and joy was endless.

Oh, it was a beautiful elopement at Loch Garten!

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