Lunch

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One Saturday lunchtime in 1996, my wife and I (together with a married couple, and good friends) went out in our two MGB's for lunch. it was a remote Inn called the Tan Hill in North Yorkshire - miles and miles from anywhere. 12 years later, and now with a family, we decided to go to the lake district for the day (45 miles away). En-route I noticed the brown sign to the Pub, off the A66. I turned off at the junction and my wife asked why? I said to wait, i had a hunch. When we walked in the door, the couple were sat at the exact same table as 12 years previous. Neither of us had visited the Inn in the intervening 12 years
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:39:46 +0000Coincidence ID:4459