29th September 2021 North Shields – Waders Galore & Beautiful Skies
After a couple of days bad weather, at last I managed to get out on my usual walk along the …
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26th September 2021 Wylam – Pumpkins and Flowers
Laurie was keen to return to Wylam today so off we set in the early autumn sun in the Spider. …
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25th September 2021 Sunderland – The Three Crowns Pub
I was in Sunderland to have lunch with my lovely sister, and whilst waiting for her arrival, I took a …
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23rd September 2021 North Shields – Flying Ducks
My usual Shields walk today. Along Tyne Street there were some interesting autumnal berries and a clutch of bright red, …
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21st September 2021 Royal Quays – Busy River, Rats & Brogues
Another nice day so a walk with Laurie along to Royal Quays. The river was busy with a couple of …
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19th September 2021 St Mary’s Island – Sandpipers and Seals
A trip along to St Mary’s Island on a grey day with showers. On the rocks, a lone seal pup …
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18th September 2021 North Shields – Razorbills in the Gut
For some reason razorbills have decided to visit us this year. By the looks of social media, this isn’t normal, …
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16th September 2021 North Shields – Busy Quay & Quiet Monument
Lovely weather today so off on my usual walk. On the Union Quay, there was a very large sailing boat …
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13th September 2021 North Shields – Disney Magic Departs
In the early afternoon the Disney Magic which had been docked at Royal Quays departed the Tyne. It had done …
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10th/11th September 2021 Teignmouth & Buckfast Abbey: The Familiar & The New
We were supposed to go for the cream tea today, but we had that yesterday after Plymouth. They had booked …
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9th September 2021 Plymouth & Princetown: The Hoe & More
Off to Plymouth. Another changeable day, but pleasant nonetheless. We didn’t do the boat trip this time but made our …
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8th September 2021 Babbacombe – A day of 2 halves
Our second ‘free day’ gave us time to re-explore Babbacombe where the hotel is situated. The weather had taken a …
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7th September 2021 Paignton Zoo – So many beautiful animals
Today was our first free day and we decided to go to the zoo while the sun was still shining …
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5th/6th September 2021 Journey & Dartmouth – Steam & Cruise
We started the journey down to Devon at 7am from Newcastle. A usual, very little of note on the way …
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