A HARDY couple hiked for six hours up a munro to get married – and then camped out overnight with macaroni cheese to celebrate.
Steph Ivers, 30, changed out of her walking gear and into a bridal gown to marry Morgan Price, 31, during howling winds and minus six degree windchill at the top of Beinn Bhreac, Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands.
The couple exchanged rings and said their vows in a pared-down ceremony in a day which involved a six-hour hike up the 249th highest munro – accompanied by their black Lab, Zack. The bride then put her hiking gear back on and the couple set up their tent and had macaroni cheese and champagne before going to bed, on June 16.
They had a hand-fastening ceremony in Devon the previous weekend with 30 people, before driving up to Scotland from their home in Yatton, North Somerset.
Steph, who works as a vet, studied in Glasgow while Morgan, who works as a design engineer for Network Rail, previously worked in the oil industry in Aberdeen.
They try to go to Scotland every summer, which wasn’t possible last year.
The couple, who have been together nearly eight years, were joined on the hike by their registrar and wedding photographer, with help arranging the unusual ceremony from bridal company Wild Scottish Weddings.
Steph said: “I got changed into my dress on the cairn and we had our marriage ceremony just below the peak in a space slightly more sheltered from the wind.”
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