Читать книгу The Snowy Bridesmaid - Diane Redmond - Страница 5

It was even colder outside the airport.

“Quick, get into the car,” urged Leo. “The wind’s bitterly cold.”

Milly dived into the back seat of the car and snuggled up close to her Aunt Nancy. She’d never been this cold in her life!

“When will it get warm?” she asked.

Aunt Nancy burst out laughing.

“Not for months!” she replied. “In fact, according to the weather forecast it might even get colder.”

“Colder!” gasped Milly, shivering in her flimsy Australian clothes. “What am I going to wear?”

“We’ve got heaps of warm clothes at my house,” Aunt Nancy assured her. “I’ve been collecting them for months now.”

“If it gets any colder it will surely snow,” said Leo.

“Wow! You mean, it might snow for your wedding?” cried Milly.

“Our wedding’s on the 21^st December,” Leo replied. “It often snows in these parts after Christmas but it rarely snows before.”

“Oh, I hope it snows!” sighed Milly, who’d never seen snow in her life.

“So do I,” laughed Aunt Nancy. “Then you can be my Snowy Bridesmaid!”

They drove into Newcastle over a high metal bridge. Milly gazed in amazement at the churning grey water below the bridge.

“Look!” she cried excitedly.

“That’s the River Tyne,” Leo told her. “The city takes its name from the river, it’s really called Newcastle upon Tyne.”

After about quarter of an hour they were on the outskirts of the city, heading out across the rolling Northumberland hills to Giggleswick Green, the busy market town where Aunt Nancy and Leo lived.

“Giggleswick Green is a funny name!” chuckled Milly, as Aunt Nancy pointed out where they were going on the road map.

“It’s a lovely old town set in the middle of the hills. We love it,” her aunt told her.

“Why do you live here in England and not in Sydney with us?” Milly asked.

“I left Australia just before you were born,” Aunt Nancy replied. “I went to work in a hotel in London which is where I met Leo. We fell in love so I stayed in England to be with him. He’s the most fantastic chef,” Nancy continued. “I think it was his spicy coconut prawns that I really fell in love with,” she added with a mischievous wink. “Now we run the best Chinese restaurant in the North of England,” she added proudly.

Leo nodded in agreement.

“I’ve made a delicious dish of grilled prawns with lobster, and rice that just melts in your mouth for lunch,” he said.

“Yummy!” said Milly. “I’m starving.”

It took about an hour to get to Giggleswick Green. Leo parked right outside their restaurant, The Coral Reef