A BRAVE groom who broke his foot just hours before his wedding hobbled up the aisle in agony so his bride could have her dream wedding day.

Painter and decorator Adrian Barnes turned down emergency medical treatment because he didn't want a plaster cast to ruin the photographs.

Adrian, 36, married Tracy Mackenzie, 34, at St Martin's church in Martinstown, where Tracy lived as a child.

But just before the ceremony, Adrian was told by doctors that his leg should be in plaster. He had broken his foot in the early hours of the morning when he kicked a car in frustration after banging his shin on the tow bar.

Determined not to ruin his fianc's day, Adrian refused the treatment and made his way to the church.

He was wearing his father's shoes because his wouldn't fit on the swollen foot.

"It was pretty painful," said Adrian, who went to Dorset County Hospital after a sleepless night. "At the hospital I just told them 'no thanks, not today' and promised to go back the next day.

" It was worth it so everything looked normal. Anyone would have done it. Tracy looked beautiful in her dress and there was no way I was going to ruin that with a plaster cast."

The couple, who live in Castlemaine Road, Little-moor, with their two-year-old son Dean, made their way to the reception at Streamside Hotel in Preston. After the meal the pain became unbearable and the newly-weds returned to the hospital.

"We looked a bit ridiculous in our outfits," said Adrian. "But the staff were as good as gold and treated me straight away so we could return to the reception."

Tracy, who works at Dorothy's Restaurant in Weymouth, was proud of her groom.

She said: "It was a great day and he was smiling in most of the photos despite being in a lot of pain.

"He just didn't want to ruin my day."

At first Adrian told his bride he had fallen down a step, but the following day admitted that the accident was his fault. "I was a bit annoyed when I found out," admitted Tracy who missed her honeymoon because of the injury.

She said: "We were going to go away for a few days after the wedding, but he can't drive with his bad foot so we had to stay at home.

"But he is going to make it up to me next year."