While I was at work Joe spent the day really earning his verger's fee cleaning the church. He was somewhat concerned that, in all the time he was there, nobody came to arrange flowers.

This evening I fielded two phonecalls - the first from Emma at the pub saying that the bride was there asking how she could get into the church to arrange her flowers. Christine and I are both on the websites - both church and village - and there is a very clear key notice in the church porch with names, addresses, phone numbers and a map showing how to find all four keyholders. (Emma, as Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator, probably ought also make a note of these details, but that is a separate issue.)

The second was from a harpist living at Burgh-le-Marsh who was booked to play at the wedding, but had been told that the wedding plans were on hold, who wanted to know whether the wedding was in fact going ahead. I told him that it was, which actually didn't really help him as he still didn't know whether he had been cancelled, so I gave him Ian's phone number in the hope that he had a current contact number for the happy couple, and also the information that the bride might still be at the pub if he rang fast and asked for Emma.

Did I say that I was in favour of lots of couples getting married in Swallow?