Diver reveals misplaced engagement ring of Indian-origin couple at backside of England’s biggest lake

A newly engaged Indian-origin couple in the United Kingdom whose engagement ring fell into water have praised a “good” diver who discovered it from the ground of England’s biggest herbal lake.

Viki Patel, 25, from Edmonton, north London, proposed to Rebecca Chaukria, 26, from Birmingham, whilst they have been having their pictures taken at the shores of the Windermere lake closing week.

Patel popped the query to Rebecca Chaukria and gave her the white gold and diamond ring all the way through a shuttle to the Lake District. On Might 24, they returned to the similar location for extra pictures at the jetty.

The couple have been having pictures taken when the hoop slipped off Chaukria’s finger and fell into the water, the BBC reported.

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The instance were not on time about 5 occasions as earlier journeys have been postponed on account of COVID-19 trip restrictions within the nation.

The panicked couple first of all attempted to make use of the photographer’s tripod to achieve the hoop but it surely simplest driven it additional into the dust on the backside of the lake in northwest England.

Patel mentioned he panicked when the hoop fell in and attempted to rescue it himself however the water was once very chilly and he may now not see a factor.

Freediver Angus Hosking heard concerning the couple’s plight from a chum and rushed all the way down to the quay once he completed paintings.

The 21-year-old were serving to to transparent trash from the Lakes for 3 and a part years and arrange the crowd Lake District Diving together with his pal Declan Turner to take on the issue.

“Once I put my head underneath the water the visibility was once completely horrible so it did not fill me with self belief. I could not see anything else,” Hosking advised CNN.

“It was once simply all silt — in point of fact positive dust — despite the fact that you drop a penny it is going directly to the ground,” he mentioned.

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Happily after 20 mins looking out with an underwater steel detector and a couple of false positives, Hosking scooped up the hoop.

Patel described Hosking as a “good man” and mentioned his fiancee was once “speechless” when he emerged with the hoop. “Now she’s by no means taking it off,” he joked.

He was once filled with reward for Hosking and the Lake District Diving staff, now not only for serving to other people but in addition for his or her paintings cleansing up the surroundings, funded only through donations.

“I gave one thing to their investment web page, however he would not take anything else in my view,” Patel mentioned.

“So after taking him house I popped into a store and acquired a bottle of gin for him and his spouse, which made me really feel a bit of higher.