Old friends.

My wife and I met up with this fella and his wife and daughter for lunch today. I nearly blipped a photo of us all, but this one won out. He works abroad and they’re home for a few weeks. We’d lost touch for something like 18 years - until August 2015, when he left me a message on the house answerphone. It’s been lovely meeting up occasionally over the last 3 years and chatting by WhatsApp about the past, the present and what’s planned for the future.
Amongst today’s chat we quickly looked at an album of photos my wife dug out of our attic - from an industrial placement he and I did in the 1970s. It led him into the career he still pursues and thrives on today. And it showed him with long hair, something new to his daughter!