Alan, I'm sure you'll be okay bud.. I can't imagine this happening again.. On a sliding scale it'd be impossible to anticipate THAT resolution. I'd braced myself for everything from a BIG LOVE to her not turning up at all. This one was just plain odd.. I expected to see Dennis Hopper around the next corner.. For me the only reason I couldn't work a travel back up plan was because all this had been organised and sealed in 4 months - not easy on about 16k a year I can tell you - hahaha.
If you can have a backup plan I concur with the others.. do it. I could have but I weighed up the pro's and con's of the better choice to get to meet her as quickly as possible within reason. It all just buggered up.