The kindness of strangers: I was lost in the pouring rain – then a man came along with a big rainbow umbrella

He walked out of his way to get me on to the right street, then handed me the brolly saying, ‘Here, you take this’ Read more in the kindness of strangers series It was bucketing down, absolutely pouring. I was on my way to a birthday dinner but got lost in central Sydney’s labyrinth of streets, so I ducked into an internet cafe to look up directions to the restaurant. I then wrote those directions down by hand – such were the times! As I stepped out of the cafe, I realised just how bad the ...

By Jessica, as told to Katie Cunningham