A Gloucestershire bride had to hitchhike to her own wedding. The bridal car broke down 25 minutes before the church.
Shenice Beirne said she was already 20 minutes late for her ceremony to marry the love of her life, Sean Beirne, when her chauffeured transport came to a halt.
Shenice said she “stood by the side of the road in her big white dress” trying unsuccessfully to call cabs while her sister Siobahn Ellis waved cars down.
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“The most unimaginable happened to me on Saturday on my wedding day,” she later wrote on Facebook. “My beautiful wedding car broke down on the way to church.
“Already 20 minutes late and 25 minutes from church, the car decided to break down. After I borrowed the chauffeur’s phone and rang a couple of taxis that were extremely unhelpful, what should I do?
“Yes, I’ll get out on a lane and hitchhike !!”
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Shenice continued, “My sister and I were standing in the street in my big white dress waving cars down. We had a guy stop in a van who was so nice but didn’t have room to take us so we kept waving cars down.
“After about 15 minutes … yeah 15 full minutes of cars and cars passing someone who was obviously on their way to their wedding, haha, someone finally stopped to see if we were okay and offered us to go to church.
“They came from near Dudley to look around Gloucester Quays.
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This lovely couple from Dursley on their way to Gloucester Quays for shopping stopped to save the day after Shenice’s wedding car broke down
(Image: Facebook)
The happy bride continued, “I honestly can’t thank them enough for stopping and taking the time to take us to church that afternoon. I am so grateful!!
“You are incredible!!”
The gorgeous Gloucester woman had initially shared her story in hopes of finding the friendly couple who saved her big day, and in a charming turn of events, she later said that with the power of social media, she made it through to her track down.
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