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GREATEST ADVENTURE

Adam Mould, 42, from Birmingham

Leading my partner Annie out onto the balcony, I had a huge surprise planned.

With 1,000 fairy lights overlooking Birmingham’s canals, I’d always wanted to give Annie a Disney relationship.

And on 31 November 2013, that’s what I did.

That day we’d been to a falconry centre, as Annie loved birds of prey, before donning a fancy suit and taking her out to dinner.

Having told her I needed to pop into my office, I instead led her out onto the balcony, with my dad, Steve, 64, and brother Alex, 37, waiting below.

Handing her a scrapbook, it matched the scrapbook from Up – one of Annie’s favourite films.

Watching her flick through our years of memories, she paused on one page.

What’s next for us?

‘Will you marry me?’ I asked.

‘Yes,’ Annie smiled, bursting into tears.

And that was

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