on Grey Street

Party People

on Newcastle's Quayside recently

Bride

A 'stag' party outside the Pitcher & Piano on Newcastle's Quayside

life's a Northumbrian beach

on a beach North of Bamburgh, Northumberland

Royal Diadem II

Royal Diadem II across the water from North Shields

Big Ben

Dog Ban Zone

Millennium Bridge

The Millennium Bridge between Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne

at Grey's Monument

Sports Direct

Mike Ashley, Newcastle United's owner, also owns the highly successful Sports Direct chain. These stores are characterised by somewhat chaotic crowded floor layouts. At the upmarket Westfield shopping centre adjacent to the Olympic Park in Stratford a more stylish image is presented.

Olympic Rings

Olympic rings on the Tyne Bridge

Goats

Kashmir goats on the Great Orme, ( Pen y Gogarth ) near Llandudno,  North Wales. About 220 miles drive south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne

eating

a seafront cafe in North Wales recently about 220 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne

blowing

at the International Brass Festival in Durham

Perhaps Contraption

A member of Perhaps Contraption at the International Brass Festival in Durham yesterday

watching

at Durham Brass Festival today

Kittiwakes at the Baltic

Kittiwakes at the Baltic  modern art gallery in Gateshead, just across the river  from Newcastle upon Tyne

Lighthouse

ships off-shore waiting to enter the Port of Tyne .

waiting

a horse waiting for the blacksmith at the recent  Appleby Horse Fair.

Invest in Africa

Sunderland Football Club announced this week that  their new shirt sponsors are the not-for-profit organisation  Invest in Africa  which was founded by Tullow Oil.

The gates at the club were suitably adorned for the day of the announcement.

Invest in Africa is not without controversy as featured in the Independent Newspaper here: 

blondes

Equine Aquatics

a display of bravado and equine cleansing is traditional at the Appleby Horse Fair

travelling band

for sale

at the Appleby Horse Fair

fringe

Horses at the Appleby Horse Fair

buggies

baby buggies at Appleby Horse Fair

waiting

The Olympic Flame

The Olympic Flame passed through Tynemouth  today

Chapel at Appleby Horse Fair

a tented chapel for Travellers at the Appleby Horse Fair

Appleby Horse Fair #3

Appleby Horse Fair #2

Appleby Horse Fair

Appleby in Westmorland lies across the Pennines to the south-west of Northumberland.

Every June  it hosts the Appleby Horse Fair which has been held in Appleby since the 17th Century

Royal Jubilee Window

through a window in a Windsor ( Saxe-Coburg)  dynasty outpost somewhere in Coquetdale, Northumberland.

hat

a trader at  Tynemouth Market in Tynemouth Station

Hats

Military hats at Tynemouth Market . The market is held at Tynemouth Station every weekend.

star crossed lovers #4

star crossed lovers #3

star crossed lovers #2

as before, Gateshead

Star Crossed Lovers

Urban art in Gateshead...to be continued

Hulkmania

a reveller in fancy dress on Newcastle's Quayside

Inside The Sage

inside the The Sage in Gatehead

Studio, National Glass Centre

studio space in the National Glass Centre  Sunderland

Palestine

This memorial to British soldiers who lost their lives in Palestine after the Second World war can be seen in Sunderland's Winter Gardens

Window, Trinity House

a window in the 16th Century chapel of Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne

rainbow at the Sage

The Last Cafe in England

The Camien Cafe, Rochester, Northumberland on the A68 close to the Scottish border

Heather burning near Otterburn

Heather burning on moorland near Otterburn, Northumberland .

Flow opposite the Baltic

Flow

Flow

Flow enters the Tyne

Flow, an artwork by Owl project and Ed Carter seen   entering the River Tyne this afternoon accompanied by the Port Of Tyne's pilot cutter Bewick

Flow is a tide mill - a floating building on the River Tyne that generates its own power using a tidal water wheel. The building will  house electro acoustic musical machinery, and instruments that respond to the constantly changing environment of the river, generating sounds and data.

Flow will be free and  open to all on the River Tyne from 25 March 2012.

This project is part of Artists taking the lead, one of twelve   public art commissions funded by the UK Arts Councils for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad to help celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.