Tucking into dinner, I smiled across the table at my bestie, Sandy, then 79. ‘We’re turning 80 next year and I think we should do something big to celebrate,’ she said.
‘Go on,’ I encouraged.
‘Why don’t we travel the world in 80 days – like the book?’ she suggested.
‘That’s a brilliant idea!’ I beamed.
She meant the classic novel, by Jules Verne, where the characters strive to circle the globe in less than three months.
