This weekend was my friend M’s birthday so, as she is also my bubble, I went over to hers for a celebratory meal (the curse of being a good cook is that you have to cook your own celebratory meals). We had hoped for garden weather but alas, the North East summer continues to disappoint, but that didn’t put us off having at least a brief jaunt to the sea on Sunday morning.

The weather was grey and most of the venues were still closed as it was quite early, so it was mainly just us and all the dog walkers, but a trip to see the sea is never time wasted…