Wedding

I got hitched!

Oli Trenouth

Aug 24, 2007 — 1 min read

First of all, sorry for not posting to this thing in ages. I’ve been a bit busy with the topic of this post!

Secondly, to any strange people who are still checking this site after so many months, I thought it was worth a post:

I’M MARRIED! We were Mr. T and Miss. T … we are now Mr & Mrs T … how very exciting! If you fancy having a nosey, just click on the image above to view the album.

Oh, and yes – I know my blog has restarted the wedding countdown clock. One day I’ll get rid of it ;o)

Oli.

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