"How He Asked" - Amy & James

How did James propose?

Our proposal was by no means the fairytale romantic proposal. James got drunk one night 3 months before and told me what he was going to do!

My 30th birthday was coming up and James planned to take me away and that's when he was going to propose, but the destination was the surprise. Two days before we were going to go on our secret trip, James asked me to grab a pair of his jeans out of his drawer, I handed him a pair and he said, “not those, I'm taking those ones to Iceland” he'd managed to slip up, again!!

When in Iceland James hired the cheapest car for our trip which ended up being a little match box on wheels, he drove me up some horrendous mountain road in Iceland towards a glacier, people with huge 4x4 monster trucks were flashing there lights and telling us to turn back. When we couldn't go any further up this road, James told me to get out of the car, it was pouring with rain and starting to get dark. He just handed me the ring box and said “Shall we get married then?”.

How did you feel when he proposed?

A part from terrified of the mountain road and freezing cold, really happy. I just couldn't stop looking at the ring.

Who was the first person you told?

I sent a photo to my mum, she was the first person.

What Were you most excited about For your wedding day?

Seeing our closest family and friends was the most exciting part. We were moving house the next day so we knew we wouldn't be able to see everyone as often and certainly not all in one place like that.