In 2014, as the embers of the festive period cooled and the promise of a new year gathered on the horizon, an architect in Glasgow and a potter from Devon began writing to one another on Guardian Soulmates. They chatted non-stop for 48 hours and got on so well that the potter, Jono, jumped on a flight to Glasgow to spend the first few days of 2015 with his new favourite person, Emily. You know when Harry tells Sally that once you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible? It was kind of like that. Except this pair were far too cool to have said anything of the sort.
They did discuss their individual aspirations for the future, though, as they strolled through Kelvingrove Park. Their hopes were uncannily aligned. “We chatted about what