HE proposed to her in mid-stream on the Shaldon ferry, and she was so shocked she nearly fell overboard.

But Georgie Pickering, 24, quickly recovered to tell boyfriend Mark McKenzie, 25, 'I will'.

'It came right out of the blue – neither of the two families knew he was going to do it, apart from his father. It was so romantic,' said Miss Pickering's mum Edwina Gill.