Today I met some angels

It was so good to meet you Greenfinch. Yes I can vouch for the angels as they came into Cafe Nero to check you had met your "friends". Its so good that younger people were prepared to help an older (sorry!) person. A lot is said about the younger generation but these ones showed that "one size doesnt fit all"!

That is lovely! Young people get a bad press but often are really lovely!

Greenfinch, how lovely to have had such an encounter. They truly were your guardian angels today. ? I do hope that you enjoyed your meetup, albeit slightly delayed, and on a scorching day too. Thanks for sharing.

Greenfinch that was lovely to read ??

Very pleased to have met you Greenfinch and hope we can do it again.

Sorry I missed it today not feeling great hope to come next time.

I used to live in Staines, before moving to Devon, and my best friend still lives there!

Shame I didn't think to ask her if I could come and stay for a couple of nights, but I have trouble even making the Devon meets lately!

Lovely story Greenfinch - and I'm so pleased it all worked out. Purpledaff had invited me to the meetup today, but unfortunately I couldn't make it. Maybe next time!

They were so helpful Greenfinch that sort of thing usually happens to me ( wrong place, or right place but wrong time)
glad you got there in the end.Hope we can meet again
Sometime this year.

It would have been lovely to have you there phoenix although we may have been making enough noise as it was

What a happy day

Lovely

What a shame Phoenix would love to meet you in real life! St Aines to Devon sounds a radical move.

I should add I arrived second (in the right place) and realised I couldn’t possibly ask likely aged ladies if they were Hasbeen?Luckily Hazbeen herself was the first person I asked citing Gransnet, rather than her user name!

If I had been more organised I would have put a sign on the table! I asked a lady if she was Greenfinch when I first arrived as she was wearing exactly what Greenfinch had described she would wear! Talk about strange looks especially when I said I was meeting a group of people who I didnt know!
It was great to meet up with you all and I am already looking forward to next time.
By the way check out the photo purpledaffodil put on the Staines on Thames thread, arent we a lovely bunch?!

I had a similar experience the second GN meet I went to. I knew where I ought to be but couldn’t work out where the restaurant was. I asked a young man in his late teens, but he said he didn’t know it, so we both walked off in opposite directions. A few minutes later I heard someone shouting and he had come haring back to find me and said “excuse me, I’ve found your restaurant. Would you like me to show you where it is?” Without him I may have been wandering round all day!

East Midlands are meeting in July. DH asks if the restaurant knows what it is letting itself in for, particularly if the waiters are young and male! Well really!?

What a beautiful heart uplifting little story to read first thing on a morning that is not going exceptionally well for me.
I know only too well what you mean Greenfinch as along the way I have had the odd pleasure of meeting a few.
They do not come about all that often but when they do you feel so special and blessed,it has in fact helped change my life when I was probably at my lowest point.So I understand all too well how you feel
Whilst may I add you must be one yourself for taking the time and trouble to come on here and relate the story...............it would have been far easier to simply be pleased you met with your GN new friends and let the amazing kindness of other young people go unnoticed.
I firmly believe that when you rub shoulders with an Angel,it can change your life,their kindnesses have touched your heart..............and now it has touched ours.
Thank you for sharing,all of a sudden today has a new meaning.

Greyduater those were the exact words the young lady said to me: "Would you like me to show you where it is?"

Auntieflo I hope you will be able to make it to the Reading met up.

Mamissimo it was good to meet you too. Have you worked out those acronyms yet?

phoenix it would have been lovely to see you. Perhaps next time? I always enjoy/admire your posts.

*Grannyknot *a pity you could not make it.I was sad to hear that Gertie's had closed. Are you still in touch with alche…..(sorry can't spell it)?

lemongrove I feel the Ashmolean calling .August?

Deedaa Glad your homeward journey was better than your outward one.

Purpledaffodil thanks for doing the photo even though I look 'orrible. Not your fault.

HAZBEEN I have sent you a PM. GN will have informed you but mine always goes into Junk.

There that's me done. Time to clean the toilet ! 1

Thank you so much for your kind words Panache written while I was still labouring away at mine. I must say yesterday left me feeling good even though I was really annoyed with myself for getting it wrong in the first place.

I always enjoy your posts as I know you are not well and yet you are so kind to and supportive of others. I do hold you in my thoughts and wish you well. Have a restful day.

Greenfinch I have replied to your PM

Thanks HAZBEEN

Your story resonates with me. Twice when going to local GN meetings in London I have gone to the wrong place. I had no excuse as I had met the group twice before. I had thought about coming to Staines to meet you, but, by coincidence, we were invited to lunch with my son in Staines on the same day.

I hope you will post about the next meeting, and give very specific instructions. I don’t know Staines as I live in East London but would love to meet more GNetters. If any of you ever come up to London you would be welcome to meet us. We are very friendly.

Oh what a lovely uplifting tale..kindness when encountered really touches ones soul..thank you for sharing,