A YOUNG couple from Helensburgh are celebrating landing their dream wedding after winning the Advertiser's fantastic competition.

Sharna Evitts and Dean Graham, who have been engaged since September 2017, came out on top in our recent wedding competition to secure their ideal venue on the banks of Loch Lomond, plus some amazing extras.

After securing more than a quarter of the near 2,500 votes cast, the lovebirds will tie the knot at the picturesque Lodge on Loch Lomond Hotel in Luss, with a wedding planner, room hire, drinks for the guests, complimentary B&B on their wedding night, a photography package worth £900 and much more all added in to the total prize worth £6,000.

And bride-to-be Sharna said the announcement was a dream come true.

"We're very surprised, I thought there would be loads of people going crazy to try and win it, but I must have been that person," she said.

"I'm so unlucky and this is the first competition I've ever won, it's our first time entering as well.

"I done all my nagging to get everyone on board and vote for us and we're all absolutely over the moon."

Sharna said wedding planning will get fully under way after the hectic festive period, but she is already excited for what will be a special occasion.

She added: "We haven't set a date yet until we see the venue and make sure it's available, but it will hopefully be some time in 2020.

"We're not that far ahead yet [planning a honeymoon]. But it would have to be somewhere with a beach!

"We'd like to say a big thanks to friends and family who voted for us, it does mean a lot."