The morning was marvellous.. an expected top of 34 degrees.. the sun blazing. The days last minute tasks were achieved without any drama. Sophies nails and hair were done while Mike polished up his speech and had a beer down the pub with the boys.

The time was drawing near.. at 3:30pm.. Mike and his entourage made their way to a mates house to get dressed and await the car arranged to take them out to the wedding. (Note: The Groom extremely dislikes penguin suits and those ties. ArggGh.) At 4:00 pm on the dot.. the light blue 1957 Chevy rolled in the driveway where Michael.. Ed (his brother and Bestman) and Dave (the grooms courtege) embarked on their journey.

At the same time... Sophie-Anne and Natalie (Michaels sister and Bridesmaid) were applying last minute beauty treatment to themselves ... ready for their candy apple red 1957 Chevy to pick them up at 4:15pm.

At 4:20pm, Michael and the boys were almost at the church.... lounging back in the soft leather seats.... cradling a beer they were suddenly interupted by the shrill of the cell phone. The driver answered and muttered a couple of good 'ol aussie swear words. You see .... the car picking up the Bridal cortege had broken down, just as it rolled in the driveway.

Vapor lock they said. Well... as the driver of the bridal cortege was trying to explain exactly what vapor lock meant... the bride "fumed". Standing outside for 45 minutes in the glaring sun... smoking cigarette after cigarette and using language quite unbecoming for a bride on her wedding day.

Sophie finally decided to go inside and have just a "bit" more champagne to cool her down. Meanwhile, the driver was trying to get someone else to pick them up, still going on about mechanical failures that sometime happen in older cars. The next door neighbour... who is an avid old car enthusiast and who was of course checking out this beauty of a machine... offered to drive the Bride and her Bridesmaid in. They readily accepted. And needless to say the neighbours saved the day as they rushed off to the service !