It began in a bar in London in October 2019 — Owen, dressed as a lifeguard, plucked up the courage to ask for Laura’s number. They were both pleasantly surprised to discover they each lived outside the city, and the rest, as they say, is history.

By 2021 they had moved in together in Winchester, and wasted little time in taking their binoculars to the wider world. The Scottish Highlands, Malaysia, Thailand, Costa Rica, Singapore, the Azores, Botswana, South Africa — wherever wildlife could be found, they followed.

In July 2025 they bought their first home together, and rounded off a rather good year by adopting a greyhound. Then, in March 2026, Owen got down on one knee on the coast of North Wales — and Laura said yes.

Now they’re getting married on the Jurassic Coast, and they’d love you to be there.