A newly-wed couple had the shock of their lives when they returned home from honeymoon and found their home and pick-up truck wrapped tight with pink and black tape.

As a result Nathan Best couldn’t carry his bride Leanne over the threshold in the traditional manner.

Instead they had to climb in through the patio doors and spend the night in the caravan where they live on the family farm with all the windows and doors completely blacked out.

Mechanic Nathan is a former player at Aberaeron Rugby Club where there has been a long-standing tradition of playing pranks on teammates getting married.

A friend, who did not want to be named, said: “Nathan was an active member of the rugby team in Aberaeron for many years.

“His group of players have more or less all married and each time one of the boys got married they would cause mischief the night before the wedding.

“But instead of causing mischief on the night before Nathan and Leanne’s wedding the boys held their nerve and waited until the newly weds went on their honeymoon.

“The newlyweds returned home to what you can see in the pictures on the Friday, 21 September, in darkness.”

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