Old friends and Pinball Bob

Several people have looked at our trip’s itinerary and have reacted in a similar way:

  1. Washington DC
  2. New York
  3. West Hartford
  4. Toronto

“Wait a minute… why on earth are you going to West Hartford?”

It boils down to this: one of my closest friends lives there. Duncan and I met during our first week or so at University – we played field hockey together – and ended up becoming very good friends: we lived in a shared house during our 2nd year at Uni, for instance. We’ve stayed in touch ever since, visiting each other in the US, Switzerland and India and even meeting up for our Uni’s 50th anniversary last year in the UK. Duncan works at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut and lives about half an hour away in West Hartford.

So there wasn’t any way I was going to miss the chance to have my family meet Duncan’s if we were anywhere nearby. And here’s the thing: of the stops we’ve made on the tour, so far, West Hartford was by far the best. It was so nice for all the kids to play…

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