About Me
Peter Notley was born and grew up in South London, UK, before the age of computers and mobile phones.
His early working life was in mechanical engineering, and included three years travelling around the world on passenger liners as an Engineering Officer with P&O; a wonderful experience for any young man. He later settled into about 12 years of medical work, part-clinical, part-engineering, in Reading, just west of London. However, the lure of sunnier weather and greater financial backup took him off to do six years of similar work in military hospitals in the Middle East, including Kuwait as it was burning after the first Iraq war.
It was during this spell in the Middle East that he discovered Thailand, by way of holidays in and around Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui and Phuket; the standard tourist spots back in the 1980s, and to this day.
Thirty two years ago he decided to settle in Phuket, and has been there permanently ever since, as he realised that everything he had ever wished for was available on the island. Things have changed, and while Phuket is a lot busier than in 1993, there are many more conveniences there now than back then - like the internet, for instance !
On Phuket, he spent some years making boats and doing “quite a lot of nothing” in between working with local media and publishing companies, and more recently in the property business, which saw a huge boom until the financial crash of 2008.
His real satisfaction comes from his marriage-celebrant work, of which he says, “There is something quite special and positive in seeing two people in love make their vows of commitment to each other in front of their friends and family and, of course, in some of the most spectacular and romantic locations in the world, right here in Phuket.”
From late 2014 until mid-2025, Peter has helped over 750 couples tie the knot in over 50 locations in and around Phuket. He has a Thai wife and one teenaged son, both of whom keep him very active. He has no plans to leave Phuket just yet.
His early working life was in mechanical engineering, and included three years travelling around the world on passenger liners as an Engineering Officer with P&O; a wonderful experience for any young man. He later settled into about 12 years of medical work, part-clinical, part-engineering, in Reading, just west of London. However, the lure of sunnier weather and greater financial backup took him off to do six years of similar work in military hospitals in the Middle East, including Kuwait as it was burning after the first Iraq war.
It was during this spell in the Middle East that he discovered Thailand, by way of holidays in and around Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui and Phuket; the standard tourist spots back in the 1980s, and to this day.
Thirty two years ago he decided to settle in Phuket, and has been there permanently ever since, as he realised that everything he had ever wished for was available on the island. Things have changed, and while Phuket is a lot busier than in 1993, there are many more conveniences there now than back then - like the internet, for instance !
On Phuket, he spent some years making boats and doing “quite a lot of nothing” in between working with local media and publishing companies, and more recently in the property business, which saw a huge boom until the financial crash of 2008.
His real satisfaction comes from his marriage-celebrant work, of which he says, “There is something quite special and positive in seeing two people in love make their vows of commitment to each other in front of their friends and family and, of course, in some of the most spectacular and romantic locations in the world, right here in Phuket.”
From late 2014 until mid-2025, Peter has helped over 750 couples tie the knot in over 50 locations in and around Phuket. He has a Thai wife and one teenaged son, both of whom keep him very active. He has no plans to leave Phuket just yet.