Ashley & I Got Engaged On Haytor in Devon!!!

We’re so pleased to announce that on Sunday 7th of December I asked the love of my life, Ashley, to marry me at the top of Haytor in Devon’s beautiful Dartmoor!

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The Super-Happy Couple

Thankfully she said YES and I am a very, very happy guy!!!! 🙂

47 Comments

  • Vanessa Fox

    sniffsniff. I’m so happy for you guys. That’s awesome.

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Dixon Jones

    Awwww – congratulations both! You romantic you! What afantastic place to get engaged.

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Kristjan Mar

    I thought you where going to do this in Iceland in March next year? Congratulations both and hope you have a happy, happy life!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Matt Rutherford

    Many many congratulations to you both….

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Rachida

    I am so happy for you two 🙂 Congratulations!!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Ed Richardson

    Congratulations! Great place to do the deed . . .

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Jon Myers

    Congratulations Mate!!! So happy for the both of you!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Andrew Girdwood

    Hey cool! Congratulations! What a fantastic location to ask the question! 🙂

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Olivier Amar

    Nice one! Looks cold though. You manage to get her gloves off before?

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Jon Curnow

    Congratulations! Very best wishes to the both of you.

    Looks like a fantastic location.

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Lisa Ditlefsen

    Congratulations, that’s excellent news! Very romantic location, good choice Mel. Hopefully I get to meet Ashley soon, celebration lunch in Richmond sometime soon?

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Anthony Shapley

    Congratulations Mel! And your in Devon! You should come and see me! We could go for a drink.

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Suzy DeKay

    Congrats to the happy couple! So happy for you both!!!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Jewel Buchanan

    YEAH!!!! I can’t wait to toast to you. I’m very happy for you both.

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Colleen

    The family grows!! I am very excited for you both 🙂

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Michelle

    Congrats Mel and Ashley!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Jessica Wilde

    Congratulations!!! I am so excited to see you both in Seattle soon!!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Jimbo

    Well done to both of you!! Congratulations!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Kristine

    Congratulations!!!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • cedric - mountaindwellerviews

    How deceptive… Just a blogpost. I was expecting a lot more from someone like you, Mister Community. Where is the Wikipedia infliltration, the SEO-ed viral video, the eBay auctionned engagement note… Come on I am sure you have someting in your sleves. I know: another video clip with Joe Cocker and Catherine Deneuve!!!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Becky

    SO AWESOME!!!!!!!! Hip hip for Ashley and Mel. This could not be sweeter!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Erin Dacy

    Congratulations!! We are very happy for you.

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Kate Morris

    Congrats!!!!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Ian Thomas

    Aw. Congrats. And here was I, thinking you’d never settle down with a nice girl. Turns out, you’re the second person I know who proposed on top of a hill in Dartmoor…

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Richard Gregory

    Well Done Mel – Living the dream!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Jeremiah Andrick

    Congrats! you’re a lucky man…

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Dan Horton SEO

    Many many congrats to you both. You romantic rogue you!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Motoko Hunt

    Omedetou gozaimasu!!!!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Lizi Hartstein

    Hey Mel, congratulations on the engagement! I hope you both make each other happy for many years to come.

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
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  • evilgreenmonkey

    Congrats mate 🙂

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Jenstar

    Congrats to the two of you 🙂

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Peter Young

    Congrats on the engagement. The OM fraternity certainly seems to be a romantic bunch at the moment

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Amanda Davie

    Congratulations, Mel! So pleased for you!

    Happy Christmas to you and Ashley – see you in 2009!

    Amanda x x

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Mike Grehan

    Mel~Ashley, soooo romatic. I guess you did it at the top of a mountain, so if she said no you could just push her off… Hey, here’s a romantic idea… Get marrried at SES, London. The figures for the show will improve greatly and you guys will get lots of back links… Sound romantic to you? :-))

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
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  • Sara Andersson

    I have been under the ice ( in many remarks) in Sweden 🙂 so was catching up on things and life and saw your message…
    I am so happy for you! Best of luck and a big hug from me! Hope you had lots of champagne when you got down from the mountain!

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
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  • Patricia Melville

    CONGRATULATIONS AND OUR FONDEST LOVE TO YOU
    BOTH ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT. IT WAS REALLY GREAT SEEING YOU IN SOUTH AFRICA AND HAVE FUN IN CAPE TOWN. LOVE
    PATRICIA, SAMANTHA AND ROXANA , XXX

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
  • Patricia Melville

    CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH. LOVE FROM US ALL IN SA

    Reply Posted 15 years ago
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  • bijou333

    Watched Escape to the Country today. I have been set a challange to find out what breed Mel and Ashleys dog Dodger is? Can anyone help me?

    Reply Posted 12 years ago
    • Mel Carson

      Hello – so you saw the 38th repeat did you?? 😉 The dog was a Dalmation cross breed with something else. Sadly he died a few months after the program was filmed and we now live in Seattle, USA with a baby girl called Maggie. No dog. Good sleuthing! How did you find us?

      Reply Posted 12 years ago

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