it seems love might be in the air for a scottish backpacker who managed to woo a handsome man she saw on the beach by painting him a poster that went viral glasgow artist sarah milne was relaxing at the beach in picton   north of christchurch on new zealand's south island   when she spotted her mystery man 'shirtless, wearing black shorts with stars tattooed on his torso and running with a curly, bouncy and blonde dog' she decided she had to see him again, and despite not knowing anything about him apart from how he looked, decided to create a poster which she hung next to the beach in the hope he would see it and on tuesday, she met the elusive gentleman, now revealed as william chalmers, after her note went viral on social media scroll down for video  love at first sight? sarah milne, a backpacker from scotland, meets william chalmers, after her note brought them together  he works at a local burger joint and the pair met for the first time on tuesday in front of a small audience who had gathered at beach to witness the meeting they were still on the date when they spoke to daily mail australia later that night mr chalmers said the date was going 'fantastically’ ‘we had a bottle of sauv blanc and sparkling pinot gris we had a great night now we’re grabbing a box of cheap beers and we’re going to have a party,' he said when asked if there will be a second date, mr chalmers joked to daily mail australia: 'i'm not too sure you might have to ask me tomorrow just in case i've made an ass of myself' he added that his and milne's story proved the world was not such a bad place they finally meet: mr chalmers met milne just after 2pm and asked if she wanted to go somewhere quiet and have a drink  'there's a lot of s**t in the world but there's a lot of love in the world,' he said at 10pm local time, the couple sounded like they were still having a good time as mr chalmers passed his phone over to milne who described the whole experience as 'surreal' 'i had no idea it would go the way it has gone,' she told daily mail australia '[the date has] been going alright, we've had a few glasses of wine 'it was overshadowed by every other person in picton and [this] very sweet thing it could have been has become this huge public thing 'it was very embarrassing i’m not someone who is used to the spotlight thankfully he took me away from [the attention at the meeting point]' milne also played coy when asked if the couple would be seeing each other again 'we haven't even finished this one because of everyone’s attention but maybe,' she said 'we need to get over this one first we're really struggling to find our own space' milne and mr chalmers made headlines when a hand painted note made by the artist started doing rounds on the internet in her note, entitled 'is this you?', milne    who studied at glasgow school of arts before holidaying in new zealand   invited mr chalmers to meet her on the same beach  on tuesday she said she had not been expecting the hype surrounding her handwritten note love note: the handmade message milne used to launch a public appeal to find a  man after a brief encounter on friday  with a bottle of champagne in his hand for their first meeting, mr chalmers walked over to where milne was sitting and said: 'hello, i'm william, you know you could have just asked for my number 'let's go somewhere and have a drink away from everyone,' he told her, as the crowd watching their date clapped and cheered mr chalmers came forward on sunday morning to reveal himself as the mystery man on monday, he told daily mail australia he planned on heading down to the picturesque spot to ask his brunette admirer on a date for the evening the new zealander said he first heard of the poster when his housemate came home at 3am on saturday night and woke him up 'he was carrying on and telling me about a poster that two german girls had told him about that described me,' mr chalmers said 'he knew it was me because i'm the only guy in picton who has star tattoos, johnny bravo hair and a labradoodle' mr chalmers said he and his housemate drove down to the shore in the dark to try and find the note, and even when he saw it for himself, he had a hard time believing it was real milne was greeted at the picturesque meeting spot with great fanfare after their story had generated huge publicity  the glasgow artist was greeted as she stepped off her ferry to a sign that said 'here's to a happy ending' the poster in question was tied to a pole down at the shorefront and was posted on beachcomber fun cruises facebook page on saturday 'i was sitting on the grass on friday watching the sea you were playing with your dog you ran past me and smiled,' it said 'would you like to go for a drink/coffee/walk??? i'm in wellington just now, my ferry arrives back in picton on tuesday 3rd 'i'm in town for 1 night only but let's see how things go on the off chance you are single, remember who i am and would like to meet for a drink/coffee/walk mr chalmers has revealed himself as the mystery man who captured the heart of the mystery woman  he said he was looking forward to tuesday and meeting his mystery girl  'i'll be sitting on the grass, watching the sea from 1 130pm onwards on tuesday maybe you'll run past again?!?' on monday, mr chalmers said his mother had called him because she had been told of the sign and thought it was such a coincidence that the man described in the sign had star tattoos as well 'when i told her that it was me, she started freaking out and telling everyone in the office,' he said 'she's all for me going down she told me that she didn't raise me to not show up, so that's what i'm going to do 'it's a bit overwhelming, i've never had something like this happen before in high school if you passed a note the teacher would just take it off you' mr chalmers said while he did not know who the woman was, he remembered smiling at a particular woman that day on the beach 'it's all a bit exciting, it's going to be a big day,' he said the signs were posted on beachcomber fun cruises facebook page  and has sparked an online debate  'picton is a pretty small town and from the amount of people who have told me they're going to come down and watch what happens it sounds like everyone i know will be there' milne may have had some inkling of the stir the note has caused, pleading with the public to not have the sign removed from the premises 'in the spirit of happy endings, give this sign a chance to be seen by the right eyes,' she penned 'it may even bring a dozen or so people back on tuesday, intrigued who is this girl with the long brown hair and the boy with the star tattoos and the dog and will they meet for a drink? 'i will, on my return to picton on tuesday, remove it myself whatever the ending may be thank you!'
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glasgow artist sarah milne met william chalmers for first time on tuesday  milne left heart warming message for him on new zealand beach in picton  she left the note after she saw a 'shirtless' man walking his 'blonde' dog  it went viral after it was shared on facebook and posted by mr chalmers  pair went on first date on tuesday afternoon and it kicked on until evening  hours after meeting, mr chalmers said the date was going 'fantastically'