Chance meeting

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My wife and I had traveled from Suffolk to York to visit our son for a few days. The day we returned home we knew that our friends from down the road were themselves traveling to Yorkshire to visit her parents so at some point we would pass each other on the A1. We stopped at Blyth Services for a cuppa and to our surprise and theirs met them in the toilets. They had only stopped for a few moments to use the toilets and couldn't believe it was us standing there!
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:52:28 +0000Coincidence ID:5169