Chance meeting
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It is several years ago when we were touring with our caravan. We were staying on a small certificated location in Wales. When we awoke, parked beside us was a mobile home with an AUS sticker. Of course we said hello and how quiet they must have been when they arrived not to have disturbed us.
During our conversation my wife said that she had relatives in Australia living near Sydney in a suburb called Penshurst. "That's where we live", said the Australians. My wife continued to tell them how her cousin had been killed duruing an electrical storm whilst surfing on Bondi beach and how his friend had survived but had been blinded. "We visit that young man every week", they told us.
We hurriedly wrote a postcard which they promised to deliver (they were returning to Oz later that day).
This they did and we received a reply to say that it had been successfully delivered.
Date submitted:Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:04:44 +0000Coincidence ID:5459
