Anonymous stranger pays for couple’s meal after seeing them budgeting their order

Artist Chris Peskett, from Horndean, and his wife Kate dined at Four London Road in Horndean - where one of Chris’ paintings is displayed and were seen budgeting for their meal by another customer.

Chris, who has a learning disability and volunteers to help others with similar conditions, said the act of kindness was ‘absolutely amazing’ and thanked the people who paid for the romantic meal.

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Chris said: ‘I was astonished . I thought it was absolutely amazing and I was over the moon.

‘We went into Four London Road because one of my paintings is in there. The people on my left were a mum and they had a little girl. We were counting on the table and adding up how much dinner was going to be - and they obviously saw us adding it up. We had dinner, the waitress came to the table when we asked for the bill and we only had to pay £2.50 for Kate’s extra coke.’

Chris’ mum Nikki took to Facebook and shared a post thanking the people who helped her son. She has since tracked the woman responsible down and Chris has offered to do a painting for her to return the favour.

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Chris, 30, added: ‘I said “thank you so much, it was so kind of you. In return I shall paint you a picture of anything you like.”

Nikki added: In the end one lady put on their “it was me, they were so cute and I just wanted to do something nice”. I sent her a message saying “what a lovely thing to do” and I hope good things happen for her. By purposefully leaving before they knew about it, that was such a lovely things because they didn’t do it for somebody to be grateful for them. They didn’t want any thanks.

Chris’ paintings are displayed in a few other locations around Horndean and Portsmouth including two at QA Hospital and one at Horndean Fish And Chips. He works part time as an art teacher and volunteers for community interest company The Right To Work which provides job opportunities for people with disabilities.