Claire & Michael - The Landmark Hotel

It was a case of follow me up from, rather than to, Carlow, as Michael's family and friends took the unfamiliar trip to Gortlettragh to see him marry his sweetheart Claire. It was my second time there in a few weeks, and it's always a pleasure. With her hair piled high and in a gorgeous high halter-neck dress, Claire fantastic as she walked up the aisle - the bridesmaids agreed she resembled a Greek Goddess - it can only have been Aphrodite. Micheal is a Fund Manager, and no matter how well the FTSE100 performs this year, there's no doubt his best investment was made on May 31st.

After the ceremony, the guests emerged to the welcome sight of an ice-cream van dispensing 99s all round. As we were on the verge of the best heatwave to hit this part of the country for years, they went down a bomb. We had a brief stop off by the canal in Jamestown for some photos and a glass of bubbly before heading on to The Landmark Hotel, where things really got going. I met a couple of the guests a day or two later who said they left the resident's bar at silly o'clock and were going back home to New York for a rest. Meanwhile, Claire & Michael are taking some well-deserved time out in Croatia.