At the stroke of 8:30 am, Jim, Annabel, and Olivia were out of the house and they dropped Olivia at the school when it opened at 08:45 am.
They had to run for the bus and almost missed it. An hour later, they changed at Burnley and got a bus to Manchester. By 11 am they were on Chorlton Street and on their way to the travel agents.
They soon found the shop and went inside. There were a couple being told to wait in Liverpool and to be patient. Jim approached a man who looked like he worked there and asked for Mr Palmer.
“You need a holiday in Cuba,” said the man who took their details. “We will be in touch.”
Jim, feeling as if he had walked through a whirlwind, found himself back on the street. They were back on a bus and on their way back to Trawden within an hour.
They were still on
