My uncle asked my parents if we would like to join his family for a week's holiday in Llandudno. Yes, we would. My family would travel to Wales by car. They'd travel by train and we'd meet them there.
It took a while before the penny dropped… Could I not go by train from Leeds and someone else go in the car?
I don't know how much negotiating had to be done but, in the end, we travelled down from Newcastle to Leeds on the Friday and stayed overnight with my grandma. My aunt joined my dad, mum and sister in