Nancy Gero donned her beautiful white, lacy wedding dress while her fiance, John Jenkins, dressed in a sharp tuxedo, stood at the altar with a minister at his side. 

Then, Gero stepped carefully into a canoe, and with about 70 boaters escorting her, paddled her way down the Winnipesaukee River to Tilton Island, where she was helped out of her boat for the wedding ceremony, at which she would become Nancy Jenkins. 

One of the boaters kidded her about ruining her wedding dress as she climbed from her boat. 

"You didn't think I was going to spill in this dress,Searching for the Wholesale 2013 Celebrity Dresses to wear on your big night? did you?" she said laughing. "The best man thought I was going to." 

The new Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, both from Raymond, held their wedding Saturday on the island near the downtown area.Buy top quality 2013 Wholesale Cheap Prom Dresses from reliable Chinese.buys and sells preloved designer Cheap 2013 mother of the bride gowns online, It was the first time local police could recall anyone paddling to the island for a wedding. 

But for the couple, it was a completely natural thing to do. 

Jenkins met Nancy about 10 years ago while both were paddling the whitewaters of New Hampshire and Maine rivers. 

In fact, both are leaders of two local paddling groups, the New Hampshire Appalachian Mountain Club Paddlers and the Merrimack Valley Paddlers. Both have high-level qualifications as rafting guides.The best place to buy Wholesale Discount Prom Gowns Online for your big day. 

Both also played roles in protection and preservation efforts for the Winnipesaukee River and other New England waterways they travel. 

"They are river rats, and their fellow boaters are their social circle," said John's new brother-in-law, Doug Malloy of Berkley, Mass. 

Richard Clancy of Nashua said the wedding was "fitting." 

"I wasn't surprised at all when I heard they were doing this," he said. "I knew it would be a different kind of wedding, but I wasn't surprised." 

After the wedding, John Jenkins said he is dedicated to paddling and his community of paddling friends, almost to the point of obsession. 

"We knew we'd draw this many people because the paddling community is a gigantic family," he said. "You get close to people because you're always looking out for the next guy's safety in their boats. You make a lot of good friends." 

A woman who had to dodge Second World War bombs falling on the West End in order to buy her wedding dress celebrated her 100th birthday this month. 

Emily Crotty, who used to work at the Gordons gin distillery in Clerkenwell, enjoyed a big party at the Cheverton Lodge Care Home, Cheverton Road, Archway, on August 13. 

She was joined by her three sisters, all of whom grew up on the Cally, Peggy 87,Doublting where to buy Wholesale Bridesmaid gowns online? Doris, 90 and Edith, 102, along with Cllr Catherine West, leader of Islington Council, who delivered a telegram, from the Queen. 

He daughter Val Domleo said: “It was a fabulous day and she had a great time. She was treated like a film star all day and I think she was very proud and a bit overwhelmed to get the telegram. Apart from a short stay in Essex she has always lived in Islington. She met her husband at Gordons, and she told me when she was trying to buy her wedding dress on Oxford Street she had to run form shop to shop because of the bombs being dropped.” 
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