Ouseburn terrace

flags

wheelchair

Blyth Promenade

green chair

at Refunk your Junk

Ouseburn Bridges

please see here for more details: The Ouseburn

the Ouseburn

Pleasure craft on the lower reaches of  the Ouseburn  in Newcastle upon Tyne

Andy Carroll goes to Liverpool

Both local and National news has  followed the story of the recent sale of Newcastle United's young talismanic striker to Liverpool for £35 million. The Newcastle Chairman, Mike Ashley, has few fans on Tyneside and Carroll  lost a few for agreeing to change clubs. One disgruntled fan has made his views known on the Metro bridge high above the Ouseburn valley.

sea garden

Blyth barnacles

barnacles at Blyth beach.

a groyne at Blyth

a groyne is a protective structure of  wood,  stone or concrete which  extends from the shore  to prevent or reduce beach erosion. This section shown is from a groyne on Blyth beach  in Northumberland

triptych

outfall

the outfall at Blyth beach, Northumberland

ripples

Alnmouth warning

relics

 anti-tank blocks dating from World War II on Alnmouth beach in Northumberland

The King's Arms

The Kings Arms is  the oldest pub in the village of Seaton Sluice on the Northumberland coast.  It was constructed in the mid-eighteenth century as the overseer’s house and later became a pub.

Blyth Cemetery

 29,994 sailors of the British Merchant Navy ( non-combatants) died during World War II. Blyth Cemetery in Northumberland contains the graves of   4  unidentified seamen of the Merchant Navy.

car park

Hoults Yard is situated two miles east of  Newcastle  City Centre; it  was  built in 1878  for   Maling Pottery . It is now home to a number of local entrepreneurs   in PR, design, digital, marketing, manufacturing, audio visual, conference production and general business.

St. Peter's Marina

Saint Peter's Marina    in Newcastle upon Tyne

you lookin' at me?

in Newcastle city centre recently

belief without dogma

The Church of the Divine Unity, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne. What is Unitarianism?

Happy New Year

New Year's Eve

Pictures from the Winter Carnival in Newcastle upon Tyne this evening

beach defences

World War beach defences at Blyth. The American  225th Searchlight Battalion were stationed there in March 1944 prior to the Normandy landings in June that year.

Annual Boxing Day Swim at Whitley Bay

Happy Xmas

Anselm Kiefer

The Baltic  is currently hosting an exhibition by  Anselm Kiefer

Duty Paid

Chinese cigarettes in the snow

a novel sight in  snowy Newcastle recently