CHARLES HAS...

... gone to pick Christina up. She's got a full day off appointments up this way and needs transport to get to them. They should be arriving back here shortly after their first stop in Rothbury, then it's a lunchtime appointment in Alnwick followed by a session at the hairdressers in Morpeth this afternoon. James and Claire are coming round this evening. Hopefully Christina will still be here so we can have them all together. I've been up and baking for ages and now seem to have got to the point where I can chill a bit - which I intend to do quite literally as I'm going to make ice cream!!!