Day 5 - Friday July 20th

Taking the 5 o'clock train to Doncaster to meet up with penpal Jackie. Staying at the Olive Bar and Grill.

Friday morning was quite laid back. Corisa left in the morning to have some time with her friends.  We checked out around noon, it was kind of sad to leave our lovely little apartment.  Colin, Robert and I took an Uber to their previous hotel, as Corisa had forgotten something. We were able to leave our luggage there as well which was awesome.

We went for a short walk and found a little pub to have lunch. I was so nervous my tummy had been upset all morning, I only had soup- carrot and leek- yummy!! 

We sat in the pub for a good while - insert grin- didn't hurt that the boys were feeling a little worse for wear!  Lol. We took another Uber(I like Uber) to the train station and were able to get our tickets and find our platform with out too much stress!  We said good bye to Colin and started our way to Doncaster.

Travelling in first class on the train is definitely the way to go. 3 hour train ride went by quite quickly, we had a beer and wine, a few snacks and we arrived. As Robert and I walked down the platform, I was vibrating. We saw Jackie and Stuart!  The tears came and the big hugs, we must have hung on to one another for 3 minutes. Lots of laughs and giggles and we were on our way to the hotel. They gave us a few minutes to freshen up and then we went for supper at a Thai restaurant just across the street!   We had a 3 hour supper then off to bed!!

Talk about a surreal deal and another check for the bucket list.