Udder madness - cow attends Sunderland wedding
Moooooooooooooo-ve everything around in your calendar - this is a date for the DAIRY you can't miss!
When local radio station Metro Radio launched a feature on air to help listeners tick things of their little bucket list, Jess Petty, aged 24, from Sunderland, immediately grabbed her phone and called the breakfast show.
Her completely random request to hand milk a cow was broadcast live on air. A few days later popular presenting duo, Steve and Karen, were accompanying her to a Northumberland farm to get to grips with a cows udder and do some real hand milking. Her love of cows shone through, even asking resident dairy farmer, Peter Crawford, for a job!
Only four weeks on from her time down on the farm, and up to her eyes in her own forthcoming wedding arrangements, she received a call from Steve and Karen this morning (Friday 4th March) to tell her they had secured a surprise appearance for her cow themed wedding as she explained: “The whole wedding is designed around my love of cows and when I visited the farm I joked that it would be great to have a few cows as guests on my big day. It was a throw away comment and never thought any more of it.
“To get a call this morning from Steve and Karen to tell me the calf of the cow I milked is coming along is a dream come true. I can’t wait to meet her and yes of course she will feature in the official photos; they’ve even named her after me!”
Her husband to be, Gareth Drennan, isn't as mad about cows as Jess but is happy to comply with the theme as he commented:
"Anything for an easy life is my view, she always gets her own way in any case. The rest of the guests are in for a big shock when they see a young calf outside the hotel, but then again they might not be too surprised as they all know she is crazy!"
The couple will be married at Derwent Manor Hotel in Allensford at 12:30 on Saturday 5th March and plan to honeymoon later in the year.
Karen Wight from the breakfast show said:
“We’ve had some strange requests for our bucket list feature; everything from ringing the bells at Durham Cathedral to announcing the departing trains at Central Station but this topped them all. Organising this surprise for her wedding was the least we could do; we can’t wait to see the pictures.”
Victoria Hany of Free Range 180 Milk Farm in Stocksfield said:
“We named the calf Jess after her biggest fan and she has been shampooed and cleaned in advance of the big day. It will be a surreal experience for all of us. If we can make her wedding day dreams come true, then why not!”