Same village; different country

Some years ago myself (Manda) and my partner (Garry) lived in Holland in a caravan on a farm in a tiny village called Ledeacker, in Brabant, near the German border. (in case you want to find it). When we moved back to England one of our dutch friends (Ans, who didnt come from Ledeacker) would visit us once a year and would meet our English friends, one of whom was a girl called Kate. She came from Cornwall. One year Ans was visiting and we decided to surprise Kate with a visit (pre mobile phone days). We drove down in Ans' dutch registered car, and found the village (never having been there before). It was a tiny hamlet of a couple of farms and a few cottages. We parked up and went to find the house. Unfortunately Kate wasn't home, so we headed back to the car. As we approached a woman was walking towards us and asked (in Dutch) whose is the dutch registered car? Obviously we were amazed that there was a dutch person living in such a tiny place and started chatting. She had married one of the farmers and been living there for few years. We asked where she came from in holland. She explained that she came from Brabant, from a small village called St Antoni's - the next village to the one we had lived in. Not only that, she had been the best friend of our landlords sister and had frequently visited the farm where we had lived, quite likely whilst we lived there. We never did see Kate, and no, the woman we met didn't know Kate either. Coincidence, synchronicity or just a small world?