Then you are in luck. Graham is an award winning photographer and film maker and has had a lot of experience filming and photographing weddings and horses (watch out for his new web site poseapony.com being launched this summer).

Having just treated himself to a professional high definition video camera he is now in a position to film your entire experience, and, as a horse lover, you will truly enjoy the 'home movie' bits of the friesians making ready etc.

For more details see the bottom of our home page.

 

Our horses are working horses and are therefore very fit. Whilst most of our competitors will quote two or three miles maximum per journey, ours do fifteen miles or so most evenings for exercise. However, for time sensitive occasions such as weddings, you will need to ensure that the distance travelled does not cause you to be late at the church! As a rough guide a five mile journey should take no longer than 35 to 40 minutes depending on traffic, terrain etc.

 

The current wedding carriage seats four adults or two adults and three children. If the journey to church is quite short, we could arrange for the maids to go first then come back for the bride. Again, time is the important element here.

 

We can arrange for you to be taken part way and then switch over to the traditional roller to complete the journey. We do not arrange the car however.

 

Most people who marry abroad often come back for a UK blessing. We can ensure that you get the same level of service for a blessing as you would for a full blown church wedding.

 

We can arrange a private pleasure drive or a Drive and Dine event with either the wedding Landau or our Wagonette. See our Services page for details.

 

Don't you believe it my dear! We can get six of you into the Landau if you squash up a bit or eight of you in the wagonette. As it is a one way trip it won't cost too much and if you split that between you all (or your dads!) then you and your friends can arrive in such style as to be the talk of the town for years to come and still have lots of change for lemonade.

 

Unfortunately, getting in and out of a carriage designed in the 1800's is difficult enough for the able bodied. However, we are constantly looking to improve our services and we hope some day to be able to provide an adapted or purpose-built vehicle that will allow wheelchair access.

Other forms of disability such as blindness etc can be accommodated so long as they are accompanied by a responsible able person.

 

We currently have a convertable glass-fronted Landau, a varnished oak wagonette, a marathon vehicle for sporting events on our day off!

a couple of exercise vehicles and a 19th century Swedish Phaeton, which is currently being renovated for future commercial use.

The wagonette also converts via some clever DIY to replicate an old horse-drawn van onto which we hang boards advertising businesses and events for corporate customers. For fuller details of the carriages and the horses click here.

 

The two main ones are pure-bred Friesians. These are bred for working and for driving in particular.

For more information on Friesians and / or Samson's dad, use our link to the FPS on the home page as a starting point.

 

Firstly, there is no such thing as a white horse. They are all catagorized as Greys. We do not at present have any greys as we like the bride to be the centre of attention in her photographs. If you put on a white or cream frock and stand alongside grey horses, the viewer will always look at the horses first and not the bride. If you stand next to our two boys, you will stand out like a glow worm! (See the photo on the Home Page).