B-Movie, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk

They danced that night to songs she probably didn't remember then and certainly doesn't remember now. It was dark on the dancefloor though and he took her hands in his as they danced together and she forgot how alone she had felt earlier, waiting for him.

The next morning, he caught a flight to Spain and I jumped on a train that was heading north to a place I'd never heard of before. I slept most of the way there and awoke to find myself in Shelford, waving merrily while waiting to get across the level crossing to where my mum stood.

I suggested coffee to my mum and it was Milton we visited next, but only briefly for caffeine and then we ended up walking through a field of sunflowers.

The journey continued towards the spires of Ely's cathedral, until a detour was needed to escape the traffic jam. The road was so bumpy that it became funny and we laughed so much they cried, passing fields of purple potato flowers and eventually ending up in Prickwillow.

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