Rachel Hirst, 46, and Andrew Knapper, 55, met on the top of Ben Lomond in Scotland in 2005. They live in Glasgow with their two boys
Andrew Knapper moved to the UK from Canada in January 2005 for a temporary contract, but never expected to stay. “I was based in Stirling in Scotland for a nine-month role in management consultancy,” he says. One Sunday that summer, he and a friend decided to go for a hike up Ben Lomond. He didn’t know it at the time, but Rachel Hirst wasn’t far behind. “It was one of those rare sunny days in Scotland, so I thought I’d go for a walk before getting on with some work,” she says. When she got to the top, she found herself sitting near Andrew.
“I was wearing my rain trousers that day as it had been cloudy in the morning,” he says. “But, as a Canadian, I have always called them pants. I was talking to my friend about whether I would need to wear them on the way down.” Rachel found it hilarious. “I overheard him ask his friend if he should take his pants off and I burst out laughing. I told him, as a good English girl, I’d always been taught to keep my pants on.”
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