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Norfolk abroads

A birthday card sent from Wales to Norfolk arrived a fortnight late after a detour via Norfolk Island in the Pacific. John Ellis, 62, sent the greeting first class from North Wales to cousin Linda Cooke in Kings Lynn, reports The Sun. Inside he wrote: “I sent this a day or two early so you’d get it in time.”

But when Linda, 57, received the envelope it had “not Norfolk Island” scribbled on and stamps from the Australian territory 11000 miles away. Retired John of Caernarfon said: “It only had to travel 245 miles. Next time I’ll allow a few weeks.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .