We both visited Holland to accomplish the Nijmegen Marches sent from your respective squadrons, in July 2014.

All the reserve teams shared transport to Holland and we met within the shared camp. I suffered much more than Greg did use the marching, and I had both my legs bandaged from ankle to hip in compression bands whenever we met. Never felt more ridiculous during my life! After a brief hello in the camp we didn't speak much during Holland but we've got chatting soon after we all returned and wound up striking up a friendship after that – and remained just friends for any year or so.

I found out soon after this that I would move to America for any year within the July of 2015 so I was adamant that I wasn't likely to date anyone when I was moving to date away. But Greg won me over and we went on a few dates just before me leaving and a pair of months after I moved he flew to the US to go to me.

Greg proposed directly on the pier in the Cruin, where we've got married. We had planned on going for any walk down at Loch Lomond throughout a trip visiting Greg's parents, specifically at 'The Cruin'. Greg had previously contacted The Cruin (unbeknown in my experience) to ascertain if they had any staff open to take a picture because he proposed that they kindly decided to and Lisa is at the position next towards the pier "admiring the view" whenever we arrived.

Greg convinced me just to walk down the pier, but because it was cordoned off and I was convinced I wasn't likely to. When I finally walked on the pier, Greg explained to turn around so he could have a photo of me searching across the water. Greg then pulled the ring box from his pocket, got recorded on one knee, and explained to turn around to "see the image he'd taken".

Needless to express, I was pretty shocked to determine him on a single knee having a ring. I obviously said yes! The funny thing is, he never did get that picture he was designed to take, but we did get an attractive photo taken by Lisa the industry great memory during the day.

I purchased my gown from FeelTimes. The dress is originally strapless, however, we worked using the amazing seamstress, Katie, who designed custom straps for me personally and added these phones to the dress. The dresses are definitely A-line princess wedding dresses having a tulle skirt, beaded bodice, and satin waistband. It's zippered in the back having a few buttons (I was adamant I didn’t want most of the fiddly buttons – I was concerned about getting it off and on!) also it was super comfy.

We didn't genuinely have a theme exactly. In terms of style, we wanted the appearance to match the landscape we've got married in. My dress was soft such as the waters from the Loch and Greg's kilt matched the Scottish hills and heather.

We worked to include Greg's Scottish heritage and my English heritage into the look from the wedding, with these flowers including thistles and roses. Our invites and all sorts of wedding stationery/signage were made by a very talented friend of mine who designed us custom artwork which featured thistles and roses along with a stag along with a doe.

Other than that people just wanted our wedding to reflect us as people. Our centerpieces featured our favorite whisky and gins, we'd an honor guard comprised of Greg's friends in the RAF, and we had a stunt plane display, once we both love flying and aviation.

For me, I think my three most memorable moments were firstly when my Dad came in to determine me within the morning. He is emotional and thus happy also it was an attractive moment.

The second will be the speeches, these were so loving and funny I could pay attention to them all 17 times and I'd still laugh and cry each time! The final could be taking a quiet walk away towards the water with my new husband while everybody was partying. We took a few minutes to reflect on our day and the astonishing friends and family I was surrounded by was wonderful.

What are the top tips for brides-to-be? Anything you would do differently?

I think my number 1 tip could be to embrace the nerves you'll feel. I got awfully nervous and worked up about everything being perfect. I wound up seeing a therapist just before the wedding, which was really important for me personally; mental health is essential and should be discussed. But I think my serious problem was that I was so concerned about being worried; I felt like I would ruin my very own day by worrying. What no one explained was that nerves are common. Feel them! Embrace them! And none from it, literally nothing, can ruin your entire day.

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