DURING a recent visit to have my eyes tested in the opticians in Parliament Street in York, a funny incident happened.

After a thorough examination, I was advised that I required stronger glasses. Placing an order, I went to the nearby bank to get the deposit.

As I walked back from the cash machine in the bank (putting the cash and card back into my wallet), I inadvertently walked into the glass wall.

Bouncing back from the wall, I heard a gentleman ask: “Are you okay?”

“Yes,” I replied. “You wouldn’t believe it, but I am just on the way to pay for my new glasses.” To which he replied: “And not before time.”

D M Deamer, Penleys Grove Street, Monkgate, York.