Molly Cooper's Dream Date by Barbara Hannay

Author:Barbara Hannay
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

To: Patrick Knight <[email protected]>

From: Molly Cooper <[email protected]>

Subject: London explorations

Dear Patrick

I hope you’re having as fabulous a time on the Great Barrier Reef as I’m having here. I could carry on about the way discovering London with Peter just keeps getting better and better, so that each discovery is more interesting and fascinating than the last. But you’ll be relieved to hear that I’m going to save you from that kind of bombardment and give you a brief overview only.

I saw my last message to you on the screen and almost had a fit. Sorry I rambled on so much, but meeting Peter was all so unexpected and so exciting.

However, I would like to tell you about our excursion to Westminster Bridge. Now, I know it’s not exactly a secret or hidden part of London, but have you ever seen the movie A Westminster Affair? It’s one of the few movies I saw on the big screen when I was very young, and that day has always been a standout memory for me.

My gran and I caught the ferry over to Townsville on the mainland and we went to the big cinema complex. I can remember every detail, like eating the hugest choc-topped ice creams while we waited for the show to start, and then the movie was just the most beautiful sappy romance. (I won’t bore you with the details.)

Afterwards we were both a bit weepy when we came out blinking in the late-afternoon light. Then, to cap things off, we went to a Chinese restaurant and ate big bowls of wonderful chicken soup with floating wontons.

Finally we caught the ferry home, and Gran and I sat out the back, watching the mainland slip away while a cool breeze blew in our faces, and we smelled the sea, and we watched the most gorgeous sunset colour the sky and the water. I’ve always thought of that day as one of the most perfect days of my life.

Which is probably why A Westminster Affair has remained my all-time favourite film, and you’ll understand why it was incredibly special for me to be there on the bridge with a man like Peter.

We admired the magnificent Coade stone lion that guards one end of the bridge. (Did you know a woman invented the special cement that stone is made from?) And we walked across the Thames, and it was a beautiful morning, and it was just like those lines from Wordsworth’s poem.

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