JO AND DANNY
TRASH THE DRESS, SUNDOWNE
10 YEARS AFTER THEIR WEDDING I GET THE CALL: ‘HEY WARREN, IT’S OUR ANNIVERSARY AND WE’RE GOING BACK TO SA TO CELEBRATE. HOW ABOUT A TRASH THE DRESS ON AN OBSTACLE COURSE? HERE’S THE RESULT.
10 YEARS AGO I ARRIVED AT LE MANOIR DE BRENDEL TO SHOOT JO AND DANNY’S WEDDING. AND NOW, SUDDENLY, HERE I WAS, STANDING IN FRONT OF JO ONCE AGAIN AS LINDSEY BOUCHER PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO HER HAIR AND MAKE-UP. JO HADN’T CHANGED ONE BIT! STILL JUST AS FULL OF VIGOUR AND ENERGY AS ON HER WEDDING DAY. STILL WITH THAT SERIOUSLY INFECTIOUS LAUGH. I WAS LIKE STEPPING OUT OF A TIME CAPSULE.
THIS WAS GOING TO BE SUPREMELY INTERESTING. AN OBSTACLE COURSE IN A WEDDING DRESS. YEAH RIGHT…
THERE CAME A POINT AT ONE STAGE WHERE JO SAID: ‘WARREN, PULL YOURSELF UP HERE.’ NOOOO PROBLEM. I GRABBED THE ROPE AND PULLED. NOT MUCH HAPPENED TO BE HONEST. THEN ONE OF MY LEGS LEFT THE GROUND. THEN ANOTHER. THEN I SMASHED MY FACE AND CAMERA INTO THE WALL. I LET GO OF THE ROPE. 10 YEARS HAD SHIMMIED BY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. I MADE AN EXCUSE OF HAVING A SORE LEG OR SOMETHING TO COVER THE INDIGNITY OF IT ALL. SO COME ON GIRLS, PULL OUT THAT WEDDING DRESS. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE. CHALLENGE ON.