What happens if ... ?

From time to time, we get asked the perhaps inevitable "What happens if one of you breaks a leg or gets struck by lightning?". We always explain that we have A Plan for any eventuality, but point out that in well over 300 weddings we've never had to use it. Well sure enough ...

Guess who woke up last Thursday feeling wretched and by Friday was sporting a really horrible rash. "Have you had chickenpox?" said the doctor. "Yes thanks" said I. "Well congratulations. You've got it again" said she. "I'm glad we don't have a wedding this weekend" said Ann.

To cut a long story short, by Sunday morning we had in place a contingency plan to cover this Saturday's wedding in the event that one or both of us can't, and a bride not only fully aware of the situation here but totally cool about it. In fact her exact words were

"Since you have been by far the most organised, thorough and communicative of all my suppliers, I am not in the least concerned and look forward to seeing the outcome on Saturday!"

So as of now I still don't know if I'll be presentable enough to turn out for the gig, but if I'm not, the wedding coverage will still be just fine with Ann ably supported by our pals Richard and Sarah, who are totally up to speed with all the details and ready to go.

It's nice to know that The Plan actually worked, and worked so well too: within 24 hours of putting out a call for help, we had a total of 9 experienced professional wedding photographers ready and willing to help out on a really demanding big London wedding.

Thanks guys. You know we'll do the same for you.