26th March 2023 Wylam – A Very Swollen Tyne
A visit to Wylam today. The recent heavy rain has led to a very swollen tyne. Nice to see more …
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24th March 2023 South Shields – Ships & Sheep
A trip over to South Shields and a visit to the museum and art gallery. View all photography for this …
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23rd March 2023 North Shields – Lots of Blossom
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. Lots of blossom on the trees. Spring is in the air. View all photography …
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18th March 2023 North Shields – A Rig on the Tyne
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. There is an exploratory right at the Fish Quay doing tests on the river …
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17th March 2023 Various – On the Way Home
A couple of pics on the way home. A lake visit at a service station and my old place of …
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16th March 2023 Betws-y-Coed – Beautiful Snowdonia
The heavier rain has turned into light (but persistent) drizzle by the time we reached Betws-y-Coed. This is a lovely …
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16th March 2023 Porthmadog – Steaming!!!!!!
Off to Porthmadog this morning, and the weather has not improved. We headed staring for the Harbour Railway Station to …
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15th March 2023 Criccieth – Rain & More Rain
As anticipated today, the weather was pretty awful. Never mind, we still set off along the beach and across the …
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14th March 2023 Gilfach Ddu – The National Slate Museum
After Caernarfon we climbed up onto the mountains of snowdonia as the snow clouds gathered. On the way to the …
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14th March 2023 Caernarfon – What a Castle!
Out first stop on today’s visits. I’ve long wanted to visit Caernarfon. It’s enormous castle is legendary and it didn’t …
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14th March 2023 Criccieth – First Morning & Sunshine
Our Welsh holiday begins. We arrived at tea-time yesterday, and although we had a short walk after dinner, we were …
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12th March 2023 North Shields – Spring Blossom
Along to Royal Quays marina today. Nothing of terrible interest, other than some beautiful blossom on the trees. View all …
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11th March 2023 North Shields – Low Tide
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. View all photography for this entry
10th March 2023 North Shields – Billowing Clouds
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. Beautiful deep blue skies and fluffy, white billowing clouds. View all photography for this …
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8th March 2023 North Shields – Sunshine & A Robin
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. View all photography for this entry
5th March 2023 South Shields – Dolly Peel & Crashing Waves
Over to South Shields today. I knew about the existence of the Dolly Peel statue but hadn’t seen it on …
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3rd March 2023 Seaburn – Rough Seas
After visiting Seaburn last August for the bus rally, we decided to come back to have a walk along the …