50% off for the birthday girl...

...and "help..." for the rest of us while we tried to sort out Pat's technology issues... 
Headed oop north this aft for a Blipmeet at the Metro Centre with Pat,  Dolly,  Janet & Tony and very briefly blipper Irwell River who hadn't been told the right meeting place and sat in the M&S coffee shop waiting for us for ages ;(  She only spotted us as she was leaving - presumably because of the noise coming from our table... Sorry, and we'll get it right next time!
Lovely to catch up with everybody again... and it was quite an adventure crossing the Tyne at rush hour...