A good samaritan dubbed the “soundest in the world” after helping reunite a student with an ID he lost during a holiday in Magaluf has been revealed as a mum from Glasgow.
Dan Knight, 21, was on a break in the Spanish town with friends last month and was gutted when he realised he had lost his provisional driving licence. However he was elated when he received a handwritten letter in the post containing his ID, signed from ‘Kirsty in Scotland’.
In an attempt to thank her for the kind gesture he contacted the Daily Record and now Kirsty MacIntyre has come forward to say she is glad his ID was returned to its rightful owner.
The 47-year-old, from Glasgow told the publication : "It made my week reading Dan's story - I was gobsmacked! I can't believe he has gone to all this effort in trying to find me to say thank you. I'm just glad I was able to get it back to him.
"I found it outside the HM Martinique Hotel where we were staying. I could see it was his provisional licence and I thought it would be a nightmare for him if he had his test booked.
"We looked all over social media for him before posting it so I'm thrilled to see he has got it back. My own daughter is 17 and I'd like to think if she ever loses her licence someone would return it back to her.
"It's a total inconvenience losing it when it was so easy for us just to pop it into an envelope and put a stamp on it."
Kirsty found Dan's ID outside her hotel while she was on holiday with her partner.
Speaking last week, Dan said: "I returned home last week and my ID arrived a few days later. I couldn't stop grinning when I read Kirsty's note. It was sent with a first class stamp as well.
"It's such a nice gesture. No one knows who she is and I'm desperate to say thank you properly. Kirsty, wherever you are, you are the soundest girl in the world."
"It's lovely in this day in age someone will go to the level of effort Kirsty has to do someone nice.
"The fact someone out in Magaluf would go as far to take it home, look after it and post it is really special so I'd like to say thanks again. I'm so grateful."
Now Kirsty has been tracked down, Dan is looking forward to calling her and thanking her personally.
