MISSING mum Gaynor Lord had made plans with a pal to play tennis in the new year.
The mum vanished a week ago - after CCTV saw her leaving work early before running through Norwich city centre.
Norwich Constabulary declared her missing after they found her ID inside a handbag - and learned she'd failed to return home from work that evening.
Her white work shirt, yellow tank top, and jewellery were found spread out at different sites across Wensum park, while her olive-coloured coat was found in the water.
Today her pal Julie Butcher spoke about how she had "gins and hugs" with Gaynor and the pair had made plans for January.
The friends had bumped into each other in Jarrold's department store on Tuesday, where Gaynor worked, and agreed to play tennis in the new year.
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It comes after she told how she got two calls from the missing mum on Friday afternoon - with the first at 2.15pm.
Hairdresser Julie told The Sun: “She seemed fine and happy.
“She gave me a hug when I left and said to call her in the spring to arrange a game of tennis, as it’s too cold to play at the moment.”
Married mum-of-two Julie was the last person to speak to Gaynor last Friday, hours before she disappeared with her coat found in the nearby River Wensum.
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Julie said: “I got a call from her at around 2.15pm and she said, ‘it’s Gaynor, where are you?’
“I said I’m at home, then I had a client call and I said I’m really sorry I’ve got to take it but that I’d call her back in two minutes.
“It all happened in about ten seconds. I rang her back, left her a voicemail and WhatsApp saying I’m in all afternoon, and didn’t think anything else of it.
“Then at 4.15pm she rang me again. I said, ‘Hi Gaynor’ but she didn’t say anything - it sounded like a pocket call. It went on for 12 seconds.
“It sounded like someone walking with the phone in their pocket.
“I then got a call from the police at 1.45am saying I was the last person Gaynor called.
“I wish I hadn’t taken the phone call from the client. We just need to find her.”
Yesterday cops shared the last CCTV image of the mum on St Augustine's Street at 4.01pm - meaning the second call was after final sighting.
They published an image of Gaynor smiling ear-to-ear as she left her workplace - Bullards Gin, at Jarrold’s department store.
Then, in a CCTV clip, the mum can be seen running along the pavement with her coat in hand.
She seems to be in a hurry, rushing to cross the road.
The mum seems to spend 30 minutes at the cathedral before she is spotted on CCTV again.
She then makes her way along the street, putting her coat on as she walks.
She is last snapped on CCTV at 4.01pm.
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It is now thought the mum may have met someone at the cathedral before she vanished.
Police are also said to be "linking in" with the force who worked on the disappearance of Nicola Bulley.
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