On her third visit to a service at the Universal Humanitarian Church, Robin succeeds in her aim of getting an invitation to a retreat at Chapman Farm. A church member tells her ‘‘We’ve got a minibus leaving from outside Victoria Station at 10 a.m. next Friday” (Chapter 19).
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On Friday 8th April at half past nine in the morning ‘Robin walked out of Victoria Station into the cool, overcast morning. For a moment, she stood with her half-empty holdall over her shoulder, looking around at taxis, swarming commuters and buses…’ (Chapter 23).
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After a few moments she spots a church member wearing an orange tabard and holding up a sign with the church’s logo on it. Seven or eight other people with bags were already gathered in a group.
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By five to ten, there are a group of twenty people.
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‘Becca led the group across the busy road…’
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‘… and up a side street, to a smart white minibus with the UHC logo on its side’ (Chapter 23).
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The minibus pulls away from the pavement, and heads through London on its way to Chapman Farm in Norfolk.
Victoria Station is located here: