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Sat-nav wedding daze left bride feeling jilted
A bride feared she had been jilted after a sat-nav blunder left her groom struck in a narrow country lane.
Nicola Barton, 32, was left alone at her wedding with her six 'best women' for more than an hour – not realising her groom Tony Stead, 41, and 50 guests were in a similar panic.
Their coach got stuck at the bottom of a hill after its satellite navigation system took the driver through narrow country lanes. It left the guests stranded at Trebarwith, Cornwall, 6km (four miles) from the wedding in Tintagel.
With no mobile reception, Tony could not call to explain, and the driver could not arrange a replacement coach.
Luckily, locals at a nearby inn saved the day by ferrying the party to the venue, the Camelot Castle Hotel.
The Nottingham couple insisted the blunder added excitement. 'It was a bit tense,' said Mr Stead. 'We knew our coach was going the wrong way.
'Then we just went down a very steep hill, the front dug into the tarmac and the back did the same, leaving the wheels spinning round in the air.'
When the couple finally did marry, the bride got a standing ovation from her relieved guests.
And if sat-nav let them down, hi-tech saved the reception – guests 'burned' a party-mix CD after the DJ failed to to arrive.
Apologetic coach company Truronian sent a replacement vehicle to take the party home.
A spokesman said: 'We are appreciative of all their understanding.'