A groom had to wave his new bride off in an air ambulance after she started choking on a chicken curry.
James Townley, 33, and wife Alyson 56, from Cheshire, were dining on the ready meal in their romantic holiday cottage when she suddenly started choking.
James gave her a smack on the back - dislodging a bit chicken from her throat.
It managed to clear her airways - but Alyson was still struggling to breathe.
James, a business development manager, was forced to dial 999 and first responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.
But Alyson's oxygen levels had dropped and a helicopter was scrambled to the Isles of Scilly where they had wed St Mary's Church, Tresco.
She was rushed to the Royal Cornwall Hospital, in Truro, Cornwall - with James was unable to go with his wife due to coronavirus restrictions.
The choking had caused her throat to spasm and block and Alyson had blood tests and x-rays to check her lungs and discharged the next day.
But she was stranded on the mainland for two days due poor weather - before finally being reunited with James.
The couple had married on September 24 and were enjoying a break in Tresco when she started choking on September 27.
Alyson, nee Bowe, a financial controller, from Middlewich, Cheshire, said: "It was literally the first mouthful of a chicken curry.
“I was talking and eating at the same time and the chicken suddenly got lodged.
"It was really scary. I thought I was going to die.
"James rushed to my aid and hit me hard on the back - he managed to whack the chicken out of me - but I was still struggling for air.
"Thankfully paramedics arrived within minutes and rushed me to Tresco heliport to board a helicopter to the hospital.
"After being checked over, I was allowed to go, but the bad weather and lack of transport on Sunday left me stranded on the mainland - away from my husband - for two days.
"It wasn't quite the honeymoon we had in mind, but I'm just relieved I lived to tell the tale."
James had no choice but to stay behind on the island - as Alyson was rushed into the helicopter.
He said: “I waved her off from the heliport and I said ‘I’ll see you tomorrow.
“We had no idea then that she would be separated for two days."
Alyson then underwent blood tests and x-rays to check there was nothing on her lungs when she arrived at the hospital.
She said: “Luckily it sorted itself out.
“The choking had caused my throat to spasm and block even though the piece of chicken was removed.”
At 5am the next day - Sunday, September 27 - Alyson was told she was free to go home.
Still wearing the same clothes from the night before, she arrived in Penzance to find she was not able to get across to the island due to the bad weather.
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She said: “There was no way of getting over so I had to find somewhere to stay for the night."
James added: “I was back on the island with no way to get my wife back.
“It was very surreal, I was just constantly trying to find a way to get Alyson back.”
Alyson was still unable to get back the next day on Monday, September 28 and had to spend yet another night in Penzance.
Alyson said: “We just kept being beaten by the weather, I didn’t know if I’d even get back."
She was eventually reunited with her husband on Tuesday morning.
Alyson said: “I was so glad to be back in James’ arms.
“We certainly won’t be forgetting our honeymoon anytime soon."
James added: “We're looking forward to making the most of the two days we have left here."
