1st May 2023 Beamish Museum – Spring Lambs & May Day
Lovely surprise on our visit to Beamish today. Lots of very cute spring lambs with their mothers at the Spains …
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28th April 2023 Sunderland – The Gallery & Winter Gardens
Another trip to see the Wonderfull collection of paintings and ceramics at Sunderland Art Gallery, Museum and Winter Gardens. View …
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23rd April 2023 Tynemouth – The Priory on a Sunny Day
A walk along to Tynemouth Priory and Castle today. A bit af cloud around but very sunny and warm, unusual …
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21st April 2023 North Shields – Flowers
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. View all photography for this entry
20th April 2023 North Shields – Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. View all photography for this entry
19th April 2023 North Shields – Aurora Leaving the Tyne
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. View all photography for this entry
16th April 2023 Belsay – In Full Bloom
Belay today to see how things are getting on now that spring has fully sprung. Lots of shrubs are in …
15th April 2023 Newcastle – Visiting the Laing
The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle has an amazing collection of art, one of the best in the country. Took …
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10th April 2023 North Shields – Sunbathing Doggy
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. View all photography for this entry
9th April 2023 Wylam & Ovingham – In the Footsteps of Bewick
After our walk along the Tyne at Wylam we crossed the river to Ovingham. An interesting graveyard in the church, …
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8th April 2023 North Shields – Sax on the Tyne
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. In Northumberland Park, a saxophone group called Sax on the Tyne were playing. A …
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7th April 2023 Tynemouth – Along The Pier
Off to Tynemouth castle and priory today. Before the visit, we walked along the Tynemouth pier. The skies were filled …
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6th April 2023 North Shields – Sunshine & Heavy Clouds
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. View all photography for this entry
2nd April 2023 Beamish – A Steam Fair
We decided to go to the steam fair at Beamish today. Unfortunately, so did half of the North-East! The queue …
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
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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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