Dave and Susanne

As you know we hoped to be able to reschedule our 2020 wedding and reception to October 23rd 2021. With things starting to reopen we have caught up with the reception venue (Signet Library) and although they are now hosting events they are advising everyone to plan as though things will be as per the current restrictions: socially distanced, house-hold bubbles on a table, no mingling with other guests, and no music or dancing is permitted. Although October is still a few months away (and we’re all crossing our fingers permanently these days), if these restrictions were still in place this is not the kind of party we would want to throw, and we certainly couldn’t ask our guests to travel such a long distance for such a restricted event.

Covid restrictions are due to be lifted within the next few weeks, but at the same time, case numbers in the UK are continuing to rise rapidly (although thankfully cases of serious illness, and worse, remain much lower than before). However, October is the start of colder weather, and schools would have returned after the summer break, so it’s imaginable that the Covid situation around the time of our reception could mean that restrictions lifted in the summer are re-introduced. What can we say – we’re risk-averse realists…

With all of this in mind, our plans are to go ahead with the actual registry-office wedding this coming October, because we have no firm reason not to, though this is planned to be a small family only event on the Friday. As for the reception we are going to continue as if it is still happening in October but as the venue has agreed to let us make a decision in mid-August we will keep the planning to a minimum. If we are not confident that we can safely hold the party that we want to host (there MUST be dancing) then we will once again postpone to (possibly) May 2022.

We know this makes it difficult to make travel plans, child-sitting plans, accommodation plans, etc., so the best we can do is to try and keep you informed, which hopefully this does. We are open to any comments or questions from you though. If you don’t feel like you would be comfortable attending a party at the end of October, or just can’t, then please let us know – we want as many people to come as possible so it will really help us make our decision. Don’t worry about upsetting us – we’re honestly remarkably casual about the whole thing. When it comes down to it we want to throw a big party in our favourite place with our favourite people – it needs all three of those elements.

–Dave And Susanne