BACK FROM JESMOND.

Spent a couple of hours with James and Claire having breakfast in the coffee shop at Jesmond Methodist Church - not as naff as it sounds! It's really quirky, bohemian and not at all like the coffee mornings I remember from my childhood in the Manse. Quick trip round the gift shops to buy birthday presents for next weekends 30th birthday celebrations, then into Morpeth for tedious food shopping and back home. We WERE planning to give the girls a bath and blow dry, but decided to book them in for a professional groom instead. As we managed to get them an appointment in two weeks, there seems little point is doing it now, as they're not exactly dirty!! Might wash the cars instead!!