VW campervans

Here’s Bernie!

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The 2016 wedding season started again last week, and it always amuses us that so many people think we have the winter months “off”. The winter months are exceptionally busy for us, planning the several hundred weddings we have ahead of us for the next season, as well as completely going through every one of our VWs to ensure they are mechanically perfect and looking exceptional. This winter we had the added excitement and challenge of preparing Bernie – and here he is.

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Bernie joined the fleet in winter 2014, and we have spent a year having him completely & utterly restored….complete with coordinating curtains, cushions & keep sake bear (lovingly hand made by Blossom & Badger)

We hope that you agree with us, we think he looks absolutely beautiful!

The very first wedding that Bernie will be attending this year is, well, a secret!  So, we can’t yet say when & where he will be appearing, but we can’t wait to share wedding photos of Bernie with you soon.

Pear Tree Weddings TV stars!

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Well, as if completing hundreds of weddings a year isn’t exciting enough – last week we were involved in two television productions!

Firstly Plum Productions the company behind Shed of the Year for Channel 4 came out to film our VW shed, and then Morris and Daphne attended a wedding on Friday that was filmed for ITV’s Lorriane Kelly show!

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We are off for more filming with Channel 4 next week & then the production company will edit the footage for this summer’s Amazing Spaces series with George Clarke….we’ll be sure to let you know when the programs are due to be aired.

Nervous ‘Sheddie’

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With over 430 new entries in to Shed of the Year 2015 competition there are 2520 sheds with a chance of winning the highly prestigious title of Shed of the Year!  And why does Pear Tree Weddings a vintage and classic VW wedding Hire company care about such things?  ….because we run our Wedding VW Head Office from our garden shed….we kid you not!

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On a wet August Bank Holiday last year the Pear Tree family turned it’s back on the fleet of wedding campervans and beetle put on old gear, took up a paint brush & paint pot each & began painting…..then over the following few weeks we painstakingly laid flooring, arranged furniture & lovingly populated our shed with all things VW.

So – voting starts on Monday 18th May!  The judges will choose 4 finalists for the categories of Normal, Eco, Garden Office, Cabin & Summerhouse, Workshops & studios, Unique, Pub and two new categories Historical and Budget.  The public will vote for their favourite in each category, with the finalists of each going through to this years’s Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year Channel 4 TV show presented by (the very lovely) George Clarke.

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It’s a tense time, we’ve already had our 5minutes of fame having been in numerous National Newspapers & local press when the competition was launched early this year….BUT it’s been soo much fun we don’t want it to end yet….so we have fingers & toes crossed that we can make it through to the finalists for the Office Shed category.

Goodbye from a nervous Sheddie…..you’ll hear from us very soon if we get through….if it goes very quiet you can assume we didn’t make it to the next round!!

VWs and Bagpipes!

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We were at fabulous wedding a few weeks ago – the couple, Susie and Jack, organised the most magnificent day, and the attention to detail was astonishing……only the very best for their day!   (which is why they invited Morris and Basil, 2 of our gorgeous split screen campervans, to join them!)

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Our VW chauffeurs enjoyed their day, not only because they got a couple of hours driving classic wedding VW camper vans but also because they met some fantastic suppliers at the event, and amongst them was Matthew, a professional Bagpipe player! We’ve worked with orchestras, soloists and even a chimney sweep….but we’ve never worked alongside a Scottish Piper! Matthew, it turns out, has been playing the Great Highland Bagpipes for the last 19years, so he has gained a wealth of experience – and he was so comfortable playing in front of all the wedding guests!

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So if you ever fancy a Scottish element to your celebrations (and not just weddings, birthdays, funerals, Burns Night and other celebrations too) then please do look Matthew up…although he is based mostly in London and the South East he will travel to events too. For more information please see his web site, ThePipingExperience.com or call him on 07729 717 492

And to top it all off, he is such a lovely chap too!

Time for a makeover Bernie!

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This week we said good-bye to Bernie as he goes off to Rapid Rodent Racing for his external makeover!

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Bernie already looks absolutely stunning thanks to his superior hand crafted interior – thanks to his awesome re-fit by camper shak – so it’s just his exterior that needs sorting.

Having sat Bernie alongside the rest of the fleet over the last few weeks we’ve decided to have him re-sprayed in a more muted vintage blue, so that he tones better with the cream and vintage green vans…..so we have opted for a lighter blue, an original 1950s Mercedes paint colour, he’s going to look simply stunning!

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Bernie the Bus!

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December was a very exciting time for Pear Tree Weddings, not only did Father Christmas very kindly visit, but we also welcomed the arrival of Bernie, our 1966 split screen campervan!

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We had been looking for a ‘new’ VW camper van for some months, as the rest of our VW wedding fleet is so busy – and when we saw Bernie we immediately fell in love again.  Bernie is in a little need of work on the outside, he will remain blue as it is such an amazingly popular wedding colour, however his interior is just gorgeous already! He will of course be treated to the Pear Tree Weddings soft furnishings make-over with curtains, cushions and curiosities!

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We knew the minute we saw the internet pictures of Bernie that he was a rare gem – and oddly we recognised the interior……very similar to our fabulous vintage green and cream VW camper, Basil, and looked to be of superior quality, very similar to our Bay Window campervan, Flossy.  After a little investigation we were thrilled to discover that Bernie’s interior was recently refurbished by our friends & VW experts – CamperShak (who fabulously fitted Basil & Flossy!)basil doors open