Woman flies 1,700 miles for wedding but quickly realised she had made a massive mistake

A woman flew 1,700 miles from Lanzarote to the UK for a wedding a YEAR early - after mishearing the date.

Llarissa Pye, from Cheshire, has lived in Lanzarote for the last nine years after falling in love with the place following a friend's birthday trip. And the 29-year-old was delighted when she found out her dad and his partner of three years, both 53, were engaged in December 2023.

When her dad phoned her up to tell her the dates for the wedding, she misheard him and thought he had said the wedding would be on the following Saturday - his birthday - and rushed to book her £200 one way flight. Despite countless further communication, no one realised the mistake until Llarissa was on the plane and about to take off on May 31.

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Her whole family found the situation hilarious but Llarissa still enjoyed a mini holiday in the UK before flying back on June 4.

Llarissa, who works for a bike rental firm and lives in Puerto del Carmen, said: "So when they booked the dates it was about midnight for me. My dad must have said 'it's on my birthday next year'.

"But I heard 'we're sorry it's short notice, we understand if you can't make it'. I had to ask a girl to change shifts last minute.

"I'd sent my flights through but they hadn't seen it said 2024. On Friday morning I text them to say 'I'm at the airport, see you in a few hours'.

"They tried to ring me but my phone was in sleep mode. I was about to take off and I saw all the messages.

"I called my dad and he said 'Llarissa, the wedding isn't until next year'. We were just laughing down the phone."

Llarissa had booked the four-hour long trip back to her home town of Frodsham,