12th September 2022 Pisa & Lucca – Lights, Camera, Action!
An unusual day in Pisa. The lawns in front of the cathedral were thronged with people, an unusual sight as …
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11th September 2022 France & Italy – A long, long journey
After an overnight rest in a hotel near Dijon, we headed off early morning for the final leg of out …
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10th September 2022 England & France – The start of another Tuscan adventure!
Although i’ve listed this as 10th September, we actually started late at night on the 9th from a wet and …
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28th August 2022 Belsay & Bolam – Georgian Fun & Butterflies Galore
Off to Belsay today to see how things are getting on. The scaffolding is due to come down next week …
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21st August 2022 South Shields – Sunny South of the River
Didn’t feel like a drive today so we set off over the river on the Shields Ferry to South Shields. …
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14th August 2022 Wylam – Jumping Fish & Hay Harvest
Another lovely sunny day for visiting Wylam. The river was very busy with fish leaping from the water, The sun …
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13th August 2022 North Shields – Fog, Clear, Fog
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. It was a very foggy day today, sometimes you couldn’t see your hand in …
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7th August 2022 Amble & Warkworth – A History Lesson
Today we started out in Amble. Very, very busy here today, but we managed to park and had a nice …
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6th August 2022 North Shields – Gulls In A Row
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28th July 2022 North Shields – A Small White
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. Of note today was a Small White butterfly which I snapped with my iPhone. …
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24th July 2022 Wylam – Mid Summer in All Its Glory
A visit to Wylam on a very sunny day. Wylam is always beautiful, but today in the summer sun it …
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23rd July 2022 North Shields – Busy Bees and Pinks
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. There were pink flowers everywhere this morning. In Northumberland Park there were numerous bumble …
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20th July 2022 North Shields – A Small Tortoiseshell
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. On the path to Tynemouth Station, I happened upon a small tortoiseshell butterfly …
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17th July 2022 North Shields – Lifeboat Day
It was lifeboat day on the Tyne at North Shields today. Not many pictures of the motorbikes but there were …
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16th July 2022 North Shields – Meadow Life & Soaring Gulls
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. A bright but windy day. The meadow near Tynemouth station was in full bloom, …
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13th July 2022 Royal Quays – Seven Seas Voyager & Bird Life
The Seven Seas Voyager entered the Tyne yesterday and docked at Northumbria Quay, so we decided to walk to Royal …
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12th July 2022 North Shields – AIDAsol Leaves the Tyne
On our walk out today, we caught the cruise ship AIDAsol leaving the Tyne after an overnight visit. A very …
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10th July 2022 Woodhorn – Classic Cars and the Ashington Group
We hadn’t been to Woodhorn since last year’s classic car show. Whilst I enjoyed the car show, I really wanted …
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9th July 2022 Tynemouth – Mouth Of The Tyne Festival
We just set out for the usual walk through North Shields an Tynemouth today, totally forgetting that that the annual …
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3rd July 2022 Belsay – Belsay Awakens – Part 1
There’s a big programme of works going on at Belsay. Today we got to climb the scaffolding for a guided …
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2nd July 2022 North Shields – Slow Progress
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. Work to repaint the New Low Light is progressing very slowly. In Northumberland Park, …
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26th June 2022 Wylam – Summer in Full Bloom
A visit to Wylam. Early summer really is the most beautiful time to see flowers in all their glory. Wylam …
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25th June 2022 North Shields – Cheeky Gull
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19th June 2022 North Shields – River Life
The usual North Shields/Tynemouth circuit today. Plenty of activity on the Tyne, with cormorants, gulls and oystercatchers. View all photography …
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17th June 2022 Beamish Museum – Sunny Yesterdays
Another visit to our beloved Beamish. A lovely day to explore the new 1950s village and take in the atmosphere …
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16th June 2022 Cherryburn – Return of Bewick
Because of the pandemics, and then the odd opening days, it’s been a long time since we had visited. It …
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15th June 2022 South Shields – Shipbuilding at the Gallery
A journey over to south Shields in the beautiful sunshine. At South Shields Museum and Art Gallery, there was a …
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11th June 2022 Alassio – Our ‘Home’ Town
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10th June 2022 Ventimiglia & Menton – A Tale of Two Countries
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8th June 2022 Santa Margherita & Portofino – Picture Perfect Liguria
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