Random acts of kindness from complete strangers tend to be few and far between these days.
But that is exactly what an Inverness couple have just received on their first day of married life.
Amy and James Foster were posing for wedding photos in a scenic field near the golf course at Nairn when a passing motorist stopped and presented a spontaneous gift – in the form of a bottle of bubbly.
The couple, both 29, of Westhill, were married at Newton Hotel in Nairn on Saturday.
Mrs Foster, a carer, said: “We were in a field outside Nairn. We were getting our photos taken then all we heard was this lady shouting and crossing the A96 Inverness to Aberdeen Road.
“She just stopped in a lay-by and wanted to say congratulations. She handed one of our videographers a bottle of prosecco. Then she went back to her car and drove off.”
Weddding photographer Liana Mitrea was so moved by the woman’s gesture that she posted on social media to track her down and say thank you.
Within seven minutes of her photograph being posted on the Facebook page Scotland From the Roadside, she was identified as Nairn woman Pauline Ross.
Mrs Foster said: “I just thought it was really nice. It was so surprising. It was a lovely story to go back and tell our guests. They thought it was amazing.
“We didn’t know her, she was just a complete stranger. It was a bit surreal.
“She seemed like a lovely person. Hardly anybody would stop to do something so nice for someone they don’t know.
“I do know her name now but she doesn’t want to be named. I think she is a bit overwhelmed.
“I wrote a post on Facebook to thank her.
“People were commenting that it was such a lovely gesture. One friend wrote, ‘you have made an old cynic very happy’.
“Someone else told her to never change.”
The post on Scotland From the Roadside from Miss Mitrea read: “I was shooting a wedding just outside Nairn yesterday, when a lovely lady stopped by in her car and handed out a bottle of bubbly to the couple We have no idea who she was, but I would really like to send her a few photos I took of her on the day to say thank you!”