[best] friends reunited.

So this weekend I traveled up to Coventry to see one of my best friends. After meeting at university more than three years ago, graduating and moving back home, we now have to put in a lot more effort to see one another.

I set my alarm for 7am (on a Saturday!) and headed for London Euston. I'm not going to lie, I'm still pretty fascinated by these Virgin trains - how they feel like an aeroplane when you step on board, have a shop and turn what would be a three hour car journey into one that takes less than an hour. Hannah's family found this analogy pretty hilarious but having only traveled on the C2C or London Underground trains these 'super trains' still amaze me. 

When I arrived in Coventry, Hannah and I basically acted out a movie scene of two people being reunited, skipping down the platform and then stuck in the tightest embrace for what felt like hours (I'm sure we got a few funny looks!) It felt so good to see her again, and the last couple of months that we hadn't seen each other seemed to disappear as though we had been together only yesterday. 

The rest of the day was lovely; we ventured to Stratford-Upon-Avon, taking in the beautiful views and having a spot of lunch in a cute 'Shakespeare-inspired' café.

Knowing that it was due to rain and seeing the grey clouds overhead, we decided to make our way back along the river to Hannah's car: this turned out to be the best decision that we could possibly have made. The drive home involved buckets of rain, crazy fork lightening and more hailstones than I've seen in a long time.

We spent the rest of the evening catching up in our onesies, painting our nails and breaking the January diet with Malteaster bunnies and fizzy fangs. It was like we'd never been apart. 

I tried not to be too upset the next day when Hannah waved me off from the station platform as I boarded the aeroplane-train, listening to our feel-good song of the weekend (which I would totally recommend) and making plans for the next time that we would be reunited.

It sounds totally cliché, but I know that university led me to find some of my closest friends, and the effort that we all have to put in to see each other seems like nothing at all now. I feel like my friendship with Hannah just proves that although life can take friends in completely different directions, and that you may not be able to speak or see each other as often as you'd like, it doesn't matter. The very best friendships will last and I am so lucky to have a number of these special friends in my life.