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Third time lucky – Belladrum shares the love with newly weds who had to cancel twice

Lauren and Andrew Gordon got married at Belladrum 2022. Picture by Jason Hedges
Lauren and Andrew Gordon got married at Belladrum 2022. Picture by Jason Hedges

Lauren and Andrew Gordon, from Elgin, finally tied the knot at this year’s Belladrum festival, with white wellies on standby.

But they didn’t need any wet weather gear, as the sun shone on the couple as they took their vows earlier today, Friday.

At times over the past three years, it felt like their dream wedding would never come together.

Everything was booked back in 2019, then Covid hit, and once the pandemic was over the bad luck just kept coming.

Mr Gordon said: “We had our wedding booked before Covid, a more traditional wedding, but we had to cancel it twice.

“Then the hotel we had booked shut down, we were going to get married at a cathedral but it had scaffolding all over it, so after a while we just decided to do something completely different.”

The couple first went to the festival in 2019. Picture by Jason Hedges

Newly weds

At 2pm on Friday, Mr and Mrs Gordon joined a long line of people who have been married in Belladrum Temple.

The newly weds first visited the festival in 2019 with Mrs Gordon’s dad, who has been going for years.

The couple instantly fell in love with it.

“We didn’t know if we’d like it, we don’t go to a lot of festivals but we absolutely loved it,” said the new Mrs Gordon.

Mr and Mrs Gordon enjoyed a small ceremony with close family and their four-year-old daughter Ella.

Family only had six-weeks notice of the unique celebration,

Since getting married earlier today, the newly weds have been showered with applause, cheers of congratulations and free drinks.

Sister of the groom Hannah Gordon, Lauren Gordon, Andrew Gordon and mother of the groom Alyson Gordon. Picture by Jason Hedges

Mrs Gordon said she was “overwhelmed” by the response, and Mr Gordon said he was “very excited”.

The wedding was a celebration of Belladrum’s family feel.

Their caravan neighbour for the weekend even offered to pipe them in and out of the ceremony after seeing them getting ready earlier today.

Looking to the future

The couple estimate they lost around £5,000 in wedding deposits and cancellations, but are glad they made the decision to move the ceremony to Belladrum.

Luckily, Mrs Gordon didn’t need to use the white welly boots she had on standby as the sun shone throughout the day on Friday.

The couple have been showered with congratulations since tying the knot. Picture by Jason Hedges

They honoured traditions including hand tying and drinking from a quaich.

Mrs Gordon said: “It had a pure Scottish vibe, it was a true Scottish wedding.”

The couple then walked off into the festival hand in hand to enjoy the rest of the day. When asked what they were looking forward to next, they responded almost in unison.

“A drink.”

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