29th October A lovely surprise...just bella!!

Sometimes it's lovely to be surprised. Especially if that surprise is a lovely one. Yesterday my mobile rang which was a surprise in itself as less than three people actually have the number. Now the chances of it actually being switched on and me actually being anywhere near it are so low even Paddy Power wouldn't quote odds but yesterday both of those things aligned. 

And so imagine my surprise when it was not a cold caller tring to sell me cavity wall insulation but my Camino buddies, Rocco, Stephano and Ernesto ringing up via video call from Sicily where they were all enjoying a lovely lunch together.

 Rocco is over in that part of the world connecting with his Italian heritage, whilst Ernesto had flown down to Sicily from near Milan where he lives. Stephano of course was on home turf and acting as the generous host.

It was just a few minutes but long enough to raise a glass in memory of our time together walking the Del Norte. A lovely, lovely pick me up.

 


 

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