missed train unexpected meeting
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The last time I'd seen or spoken to my brother for more than 2 years.
Just before Christmas I was in London for business meetings. That evening I went to the wrong platform as I'd wrongly assumed it would be the usual platform where I'd normally get the train back to Cardiff. The guard told me the train was leaving from a different platform and I would never make it. Running through a busy Paddington station at rush hour was no mean feat needless to say I'd just missed the train I had been booked on by a few minutes.
After catching my breath, and waiting around 20 minutes for the next train, I proceeded to walk down the platform and board the train, taking a seat by the window. After about a minute a man asked if he could sit next to me, I agreed. As he was putting his coat in the rack I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned around to see that my brother was sitting in the seats opposite.
It was so spooky that after all that time of not speaking to each other, what are the chances of being in London on the same day on business then missing my train, then choosing the same carriage and location in the carriage..........needless to say we had lots of catching up to do!!!
Date submitted:Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:04:45 +0000Coincidence ID:5519
