Chance meeting
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In 1998 I had a loft conversion done on my house in Cambridge. I employed a friendly local builder and his carpenter, also a local boy was called Geoff. In 1999 I heard that Geoff had taken a year off to go travelling around the world with his girlfriend. In 2000 I took my children on a trip of a lifetime to visit friends in Queensland Australia. Whilst staying with them we took a day trip out to Great Keppel Island, a tiny tropical island off the Queensland coast. We were utterly amazed to bump in to Geoff there and spent a happy half hour hearing about his travels. Since that chance meeting he has returned to Cambridge and I bump in to him from time to time on home territory!
Date submitted:Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:37:02 +0000Coincidence ID:5683
