A woman is searching for a man she met to on a TUI flight to Manchester who she felt she had a "connection" with.
Jane Annakin was flying back from Lanzarote to Manchester Airport at 12.30pm on Sunday, October 9 when she sat next to the bloke. She said the pair chatted for the "duration of the flight" and now the 53-year-old admits she regrets not asking if he wanted to stay in touch.
Jane told the ECHO she had actually booked a different seat on the plane, however the night before she flew she changed it. But Jane, from Castleford, added she believes she "changed it for a reason".
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Jane said: "We were on a row of four seats and I was sitting on the end and he, his mum and I think his stepdad came. I just said to him 'look if you don't want to talk during the flight, that is fine', because I can literally talk the hind leg of a donkey.
"I said 'I will read my book' and he said 'no, no, I like talking'. We literally spoke for the duration of the flight which was like four hours or so.
"He just opened up and told me so many things that you wouldn't tell a stranger. We just got on so well and it was so refreshing to have a conversation like that and click with someone like that."
She believes the man's name was Paul, however she is not certain on this as she said she is "hopeless with names", is from Wigan and in his 40s.
Jane said when they got off the plane the man offered to help with her suitcase, however Jane said she "dashed off" without asking if they wanted to exchange numbers which she now regrets. She added: "It was one of those moments where he said 'it was lovely to talk to you, I have really enjoyed talking to you' and then I kind of dashed off.
"It was one of those moments where I thought why did I dash off? Why did I not just say 'do you want to exchange numbers'? He might not want to. I am sure he is single but he might not be, I am nearly 100% certain he is.
"He might not want to meet up or anything and that is fine. I just thought, I can't lose anything by doing it. I can only gain from this."
Jane said she was sat in seat 17F and the man was in 17E on flight number TOM2755. Jane said she knows the man might not want to get in contact - which she understands - but wanted to try as she is a "hopeless romantic."
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