A British backpacker who wrote a romantic note to locate a handsome stranger after spotting him on a New Zealand beach has finally met her Romeo for the first time. Sarah Milne, from Glasgow, left a handmade poster for the man, who she saw in Picton on Friday and described as 'shirtless, wearing black shorts with stars tattooed on his torso and running with a curly, bouncy and blonde dog'. In her note, entitled 'Is this you? ', she invited the mystery stranger to meet her on the same beach on Tuesday. But the message soon became a source of huge online interest with the identity of both the author and its intended target generating unexpected publicity.Sarah Milne, a Glasgow artist, launched a public appeal to find the mystery manShe wrote a heart-warming message and drew a picture of him with his dogShe said she would return to the same spot in Picton, New Zealand, on Tuesday in search for himWilliam Scott Chalmers revealed himself as the man and went to meet herHe told Daily Mail Australia that he would ask her out for dinner
Mr Chalmers, who brought a bottle of champagne with him, walked over to where Milne was sitting and said 'Hello, I'm _, you know you could have just asked for my number.'