What a co-incidence...

WHAT a surprise I got out shopping the other week, when I stumbled across a lass who would've been a relative neighbour - had we both been in our original home towns.

In the middle of my local shopping centre, I was stopped by a young guy who was doing some promo work for the Australian Red Cross. He commented on my smile (that I HAD one) and from chatting a-while, we discovered we had something in common - we were Poms.

Upon further investigation, he discovered I was from North Wales - as was his nowhere to be seen colleague. He looked desperately around the centre in search of her to bring her over to meet me but I was keen to shop and said I'd drop by on the way out.

All eyes were on me as I sauntered out of the store some 20 minutes later and I was thrown into the clutches of the promo team. I thought it was just a ploy to get me to sign up to spending $25 a month with them, but I was wrong.

I was introduced to a lively young thing who, indeed, shared the same geographical UK home area to me. I was from Buckley, she was from Llanferres. I worked at the Evening Leader. So did she...

At this point, eyes widened and it was unearthed I've worked in the same office as her stepfather for many years! She knows the same people I do. I know the pub that was her local. We spent a good 20 minutes reminiscing our past - so much so
I invited her round to ours the following night for a real catch up.

What a co-incidence that I can be handpicked out from the crowd from the middle of a shopping mall in Mornington and stumble across a chance meeting like this.

She now has gone further afield with her work and said she'd give me a call if she was re-visiting the area. My phone will be waiting for the call and my wine cooler will be stocked up ready...