I hope that you will find this site as joyful and happy as all of the content, especially the photos which you have all so kindly taken and forwarded to us. They are all stunning, and we have enjoyed showing them off to all and sundry. Thanks again for doing that.
How We Met
We both met through a dating site called Guardian Soulmates (no longer). We had both left two very horrendous marriages behind, but decided very shortly that we would one day, as we were both approaching 70, get married.
Our Years Together
Our years were all enjoyable as I continued performing and recording my Caribbean songs, performing all over the country, not only in small dingy public houses, but on nice little festival stages such as The Back Beach/Ship Inn Festival in Teignmouth where I have performed for some 12-15 years, excluding the pandemic years.
The Proposal
Time marched on, and on February 29th 2019, the date after my Mother's birthday, I woke up to my lovely partner proposing to me, whilst lying on our lovely pine bed in Dorset.
I was overwhelmed, and couldn't wait to tell the world that I had been proposed to by Valerie Margaret Bolton.
From that date, she was now my fiancée, and as luck would have it, I was performing at the Three Compasses in Charminster that night, and what a lovely reception we were given that night by Tina and Rob Dixon.
The Journey to Our Wedding
So we started planning the wedding, little did we know the mountains that we would have to climb because of the bureaucratic registrar in London, who were so pedantic, I nearly gave up on several occasions.
My Buddhism, and my fighting spirit, from being a heavyweight boxing champion in the RAF, pulled me through, because winners never quit, and quitters never win.
Then the pandemic invaded our plan and those in power did not have a clue what to do, but I chanted silently and I am sure that all of my Buddhist friends in Dorset sent us Daimoku and slowly but surely we overcame the many pedantic obstacles that tried to prevent us from getting married on the 16th August, 2021 in Wimborne Dorset at one of the best wedding venues in the country, Deans Court. Jonathan and his staff went over and beyond the call of duty to make that day very special, and another big thanks.
