It was the Viking Wedding Feast on St Valentine’s Day – so what more romantic moment to pop the question?
In the middle of the Jorvik Viking Festival celebration, Jonathan Alderson dropped down on one knee, produced a ring and asked girlfriend Samantha Simpson to marry him.
Once she had got over the surprise Samantha said yes – to rapturous cheers from the others at the party.
The Viking Wedding Feast is a raucous evening of entertainment, music and food at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in York.
It reenacts a love affair bringing together two warring families. And the feast also celebrates the end of the first day of the week long Viking Festival.
Jonathan’s proposal – after he had won a Viking trial of strength – added extra joy to the evening, said festival director Danielle Daglan.
That will certainly be one moment in their lives that Jonathan and Samantha will never forget, and who knows, they may well enjoy a Viking wedding of their own!
