Your Devon and Cornwall Wedding - March/April 2021 (Issue 30)

Just Laura and Sam’s outdoor wedding saw the couple enjoy a more relaxed form of transport and their day was decorated with an abundance of wildflowers and sunflowers Images courtesy of Checkered Photography L aura and Samuel met at high school where they were in the same year group, although it wasn’t love at first sight! “Sam was one of the cool kids and he says now that he fancied me back then but he is being polite!” Laura tells us. “Things started getting a bit flirty between us when we turned 17 but Sam always had a girlfriend and then we both went off to different universities. We stayed in touch though and when we both moved back to our home town, we started hanging out more and eventually, he asked me out.” The couple became engaged during a surprise proposal at Daymer Bay Beach in North Cornwall. “I had been moaning to Samuel that I thought I would be married before I turned 30 and that if he were to propose, I wouldn’t want it to be on an obvious occasion like Christmas or my birthday. So the night before my 30th birthday, he took me out for a meal and then blindfolded me before getting into a taxi that transported us to the beach where he’d arranged candles, fireworks and a bottle of champagne to greet us on arrival - it was cheesy but it worked!” Here, Laura tells us all about their special day at Cornish Tipi Weddings in St Kew. Laura Hopcott married Samuel Murphy on 12 th September 2020 at Cornish Tipi Weddings in St Kew. MARRIED 33  REAL WEDDINGS