hot stuff

The Hot Stuff Chilli Company are based in Whitley Bay on the chilly Northumberland coast . This was taken at their stall at the recent EAT festival in Newcastle upon Tyne

wall art

a wall at Hoults Yard by by Remi/Rough & Stormie   brought to you by the guys at 44 Hoults Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne, for further details see: www.unit-44.com

where's Hitchcock?

gulls on Holy Island , Northumberland

framed

a tourist looking in the wrong direction at Holy Island

Hexhamistan?

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A poppy field in the Tyne Valley on a hot but dull afternoon. The poppy is primarily grown in the UK for the production of opium from its seeds for legal pharmaceutical purposes. Other uses include the seeds being used as pastry toppings and the flowers being used for ornamental purposes. Seed yields from poppies are typically 1.5 tonnes per hectare.( source, DEFRA)

Captain Jack?

advertising chocolates on Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, as part of the EAT festival

EAT

signs at Grey's Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne direct people to EAT venues in the city as part of the current food festival.

@ Hoults Yard

by Remi/Rough & Stormie at Hoults Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne, brought to you by the guys at 44 Hoults Yard, for further details see: www.unit-44.com

Windsor Fountain 1937

an Art Deco drinking fountain at Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

Cullercoats harbour wall repairs

Kanaval

Kanaval, Vodou, Politics and Revolution on the streets of Haiti,  by Leah Gordon, currently exhibiting  at the Side Gallery on Newcastle's quayside.

EAT Festival

Newcastle and Gateshead's EAT Festival is with us again this week.

street art

an art wall at Hoults Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne, by Belgian street artist Roa

Lion of Judah #3

Lion of Judah #2

a Rastafarian themed stall at the Green Festival in Newcastle's Leazes Park least weekend.
 

Lion of Judah

a stone lion in Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

The Tenth Avenue Band

 

The Tenth Avenue Band were in Leazes Park for Newcastle's Green Festival yesterday. They played a selection of 'funshine ' rhythmic music from around the world and they are very accomplished players; one of the band is a professor at a local university.

tepees

At the Newcastle Green Festival in Leazes Park this afternoon.

redevelopment

demolition is taking place on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Shields

Durham Coast

Limestone rock formations near the Souter Lighthouse, County Durham.