A boy, a girl, a Soviet-era industrial accident site…
Two drifters, a dream, and a 70 meter diameter hole in the ground, leaking flaming natural gas for the past five decades…
What better place for a man to get down on one knee and ask the love of his life to marry him?
Ladies and Gentlemen, Lucy & James have got engaged.
Dance me to the end...-
- Darvaza by day. The problem with gas flares is that they don’t show up in daylight … not!
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- OK, so who forgot the marshmallows?
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- Any burning questions on your mind?
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- James considers taking the plunge
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- Just the two of us. No-one else in sight. The perfect moment
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- Sunset by the industrial accident – who says romance is dead?
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- James and Lucy spend a happy evening keeping warm by the fire
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- One of my new favourite photographs – Lucy contemplates her future, and the fires of HELL
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- The happy couple at breakfast in camp the morning after (when we’re married we won’t have to sleep on any more floors, right?)
Wow, that’s amazing news, congratulations xxxxxxxxxxx
Fantastic news. Did Lucy threaten to push you in?
Congrats xxxxx
Congratulations! I am so happy for you both!
Congratulations guys! Amazing news!!
Well done James
Nice one guys – many congratulations!
Congratulations JV and LG – what great news!
That is fantastic news! Many congratulations to both of you! I can thoroughly recommend married life and I know the two of you will be marvellous at it 🙂 xx
Congratulations you crazy kids – I can’t wait to see the custom ceramic mugs that result. we are toasting you in London tonight!
Congrats you two!
Cheers from New York!
Hooray, hooray, hooray. And just when it looked like your trip was getting boring. Great news, have fun Xx
Lots and lots of congratulations! (I’m sure there’s a gag there somewhere about rings and Mordor-esque fires, but I shall leave them to Ben Turner…) How utterly fabulous. Look forward to hearing ALL the details!
X
Ps: LOVE the song! (Have you heard the Madeline Peyroux version?)
Literally speechless…. Which is a shame – I think Jo was onto some comedy gold with the Lord of the Rings thing 😀
Anyway, it’s about blinking time !! SOOOOOO happy for you both – congratulations from down under.
Many many congratulations!! We’re thrilled for you both. Estelle & Rob x
Congratulations! Welcome Lucy. We are very happy for you both. From a delighted Mr and Mrs Retired of Beauvoir
Congratulations and well done both of you. We wish you both much joy and happiness xxxx
Such happy news! Congratulations you guys!
Congratulation!!! you are a very nice couple! We are very happy about that new!!!
Good luck 🙂
That’s what comes on reading blogs in reverse chronological order (see Reply to James Learns to Sew). Totally delighted for you both and the least surprising news I’ve heard all year. Marvellous!
WOW – Did she say yes? Did she? Like, like (one more for the US like) – really? Can’t wait to hear 😉 Fingers crossed for a wedding!
Huge, massive, even more enormously, gigantically, massively largely unshapen generally unidentifiable, but strangely genuine, energetically moving, timely continual and gravitationally powerful … HUGGGGGSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!