Red flares and a lifeboat alert interrupted the wedding reception of Nick White, a crew member of Weston-super-Mare lifeboat, and Alison Lyall on June 2. Nick's best man, brother Tim, and most of the lifeboat crew were among the guests at the Rozel Hotel, close to the boathouse, and the response was immediate. Festivities were resumed after a stranded boat had been towed to safety.

photograph by courtesy of Tom Gaze.