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    • TravelerBig Ol Holiday
      Day 43

      Friend times = fun times

      July 2, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

      Today I woke up and got ready to head into town. We were meeting Zoe and Ed in town to do a Newcastle walking tour. In town, there was a 10k running which had blocked off major sections of the streets. We literally waited at a crossing junction for 15 minutes as the security guard was letting noone through. He was also a 'twat' making sexist jokes. The walking tour group literally were watching us and waiting for us to get there which was very awkward. Eventually we got over there and we started the tour. It was 90 minutes and it was very interesting. Bless the tour guide, she was reading off little handwritten note cards and clearly has been a Geordie her whole life. We learnt about the monument to Earl Grey and how it's head was hit by lightning and fell off. We learnt about Charles Dickens walking from Sunderland to Newcastle (google it) and so many other facts.
      Zoe, Ed and I then headed to Magic Hat. It's a cafe Zoe volunteers at which utilises food waste to construct a menu. Then you pay what you feel for the food. It was a beautiful little cafe and Zoe actually helped contribute to its construction. She sponsored a toilet, which is now named in her honour. I had a delicious Iranian lime stew and the others had banana pancakes. I also took a piece of cake to go. We headed to a pub called the Old George which is the oldest pub in Newcastle to watch the formula one. It was a cosy little venue with massive screens. Ed and Zoe aren't fans so Kate was explaining the rules and all the drama. We then met a few more of Zoe's friends briefly which was nice.
      We then decided to head back and rest for a bit, then Ed, Kate, Brooklan and I headed to mini golf. It was like Holey Moley but a bit better, we had a cocktail and played some funny holes. We headed to the pub intending to have a Sunday roast, however the pub was closed. We headed home, got takeaway and watched Tallegeda Nights instead.
      It was a really busy, really fun day with lots of friends!      Read more

    • TravelerGS Länder Tour - UK & Co
      2
      Day 7

      Newcastle & Tyne Bridge 🌉

      August 2 in England ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      Die Tyne Bridge ist eine Bogenbrücke mit abgehängter Fahrbahn über den Fluss Tyne in Nordostengland. Die Straßenbrücke verbindet die beiden Städte Newcastle und Gateshead. Sie ist am 10. Oktober 1928 von König George V. eröffnet worden und zählt zu den bedeutenden Sehenswürdigkeiten der Region.

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    • TravelerBig Ol Holiday
      Day 41

      Driving to the Toon!

      June 30, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Today I woke up and went for a quick run while Kate and Brooklan went to the gym. We all packed up the car and started for Newcastle! Estimated time was just over a 5 hour drive but as we started the traffic was horrific. So much congestion, it seemed everyone was escaping London. It was a frustrating drive for both the drivers, I had the tough job of sitting in the back. We stopped for a break and something to eat and set back off. It ended up taking us 7 hours, the traffic around Newcastle was terrible! It was so nice being back though. We got takeaway Thai which Brooklan and I picked up. The restaurant was right in the neighbourhood I lived in my first year which was so fun to see. Nothing had changed. We then watched some TV before going to bed early after a big day.Read more

    • TravelerI Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
      Day 2

      Planes, trains and automobiles

      May 3 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      I made it to Newcastle. These Transatlantic trips are always tiring. My neighbour Ray gave me a ride to Century Park for me to catch the 747 bus. That part of the trip went well until I directed Ray to drive southbound in the northbound lane of 122 Street to get to the Century Park Transit centre. I think Ray felt much safer after he had dropped me off. How am I ever going to navigate the span of the United Kingdom when I have my problems navigating in Edmonton.

      The KLM flight to Amsterdam was delayed 30 minutes as it arrived late. Then after we boarded it was delayed for a technical reason for another 75 minutes. I was starting to get worried that I would mix my connection flight in Amsterdam. My 3 hour layover in Amsterdam turned into an hour and 15 minutes lay over. My next gate was very close to my arrival gate which was super convenient. I didn't have to clear customs or security. I sensed that some people on my flight would miss their connection. I was happy that I did not check my luggage It may have been wise to have scheduled 2 nights in Newcastle as a buffer against travel delays but I was here a few years ago when I walked Hadrian's Wall. I have had to book all 15 nights of my accommodations in advance for the hike so if I get delayed it could really throw a wrench in things.

      I am staying at the Staybridge suites in Newcastle. I had mailed them my hiking poles about 3 months ago and they arrived a month ago. The staff were eagerly awaiting my arrival and had upgraded me to a full suite room from the standard room I had booked as a treat for coming so far.

      Off by train to St. Bee's tomorrow via Carlisle. I brought Mr Toilet Paper Roll Man with me on the condition that he does not talk about work or the gross room. Mr TPRM lives in our bathroom at work. He was complaining that he doesn't want to get dirty so I put him in a ziplock bag. Now he is complaining the photos in the plastic bag of him don't look good.      Read more

    • TravelerTyne and Wear

      Newcastle; across the city to Quayside

      October 23, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Newcastle is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear and located on the River Tyne's northern bank.  Originally dependent on its port and, in particular, its status as one of the world's largest ship building and repair centres, the city today is much more diverse. 

      The first recorded settlement was Pons Aelius ("Hadrian's bridge"), a Roman fort and bridge across the River Tyne; it then became part of the powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.  Newcastel is named after its castle; originally a wooden castle in the Norman times, it was replaced by a stone castle and then rebuilt again in 1172 during the reign of Henry II.

      We start the walk across the city at the West Walls section of the Newcastle town wall, which was built during the 13th and 14th centuries to help protect the town from attack and occupation during times of conflict.  We then walk up towards St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United FC; this is close to Chinatown, one of five in the UK, and we walk through this and pass the Catholic Cathedral Church of St Mary.  We reach Newcastle Central Railway Station; outside of this is the Stephenson Monument, a memorial to George Stephenson who developed the 'Rocket', an early locomotive, with his son Robert and pioneered rail transport and the development of the first passenger railways.  There is a good view of the Newcastle Castle Keep from the station car park.

      As we carry on east we pass the Rutherford Memorial Fountain - a distinctive red sandstone drinking fountain is located at the top of the Bigg Market - and enjoy another view of the Castle from the road here before reaching Newcastle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas.  We pass the historic Black Gate, originally the castle’s fortified gatehouse or barbican; this is close to the Moot Hall which was commissioned as a courthouse to replace the facilities at the Castle. 

      We now descend to walk along Quayside and see the magnificent and iconic bridges that cross the River Tyne from Newcastle to Gateshead on the other side (see photo captions); these are beautiful both by day and night.

      A brief visit to Newcastle, but "I'll be back".      Read more

    • TravelerI Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
      Day 3

      St. Bee's

      May 4 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      Today I travelled on the train from Newcastle to St. Bee's. Pleasant train trip. I met Sarah and David from London. They are hiking the first part of the C2C and will be staying at the Ullswater Inn where I will be staying on Day 4. They are carrying all of their stuff but not camping. Hopefully I will meet them out on the trail.

      St. Bee's was quite rainy today. Not a heavy rain but constant. I wandered around for an hour and a half. They had a monastery here which is now a church. Very beautiful. The church was open and inside they had the history of the church and region. Interestingly they had dug up some of the graves a few years ago and discovered the preserved body of a 700 year old nobleman who had died while fighting in Lithuania in the 14 century. He was brought back and buried at the church and forgotten until renovations required digging up his grave. Miraculously his body was intact and they performed an autopsy on him. He had a fractured rib and lacerated lung and hemothorax which led them to believe he had died in combat. They even had pictures on the wall illustrating the autopsy. Pathology is everywhere.

      I walked down to the Irish Sea where the trail begins and got a pebble to carry with me to the North Sea. I also dipped my feet into the Irish Sea which is a pre trip tradition. It was raining pretty hard so I walked back to the Fair ladies Barn where I am staying to chill out before dinner. I was pretty wet by the time I made it back to the hotel.      Read more

    • TravelerSchottland & England 2024
      Day 4

      York & Newcastle

      June 1 in England ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      Auf dem Weg weiter Richtung Schottland haben wir uns für einem Stopp in York entschieden, der sich sehr gelohnt hat! Die Stadt ist super süß und uralt und sieht aus wie bei Harry Potter ✨️ Außerdem gab es eine Pride Parade und die Stadt war komplett voll 😄🌈 Danach haben wir noch in Newcastle gehalten. Hier war es ganz anders vom feeling.. Die Stadt erinnert uns eher an New York und wirkt so richtig massiv 😄 Am Abend haben wir dann noch die Schottische Grenze erreicht und die Fahrt war echt cool durch die super grünen Landschaften ⛰️Read more

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    • Travelerare you UK?
      Day 8

      Newcastle upon Tyne

      April 6 in England ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      Newcastle upon Tyne - gibts einen schöneren Namen für eine Stadt?
      Newcastle ansich ist recht schnuckelig - für mehrere Tage aber bestimmt langweilig.
      Wir haben die Charles Grey Statue „besucht“ -> Namensgeber für den Earl Grey Tea und haben natürlich auch ein Haferl Tee dort getrunken.
      Sonst einen langen Spaziergang an der Tyne entlang gemacht und die 7 Brücken dort bewundert. Auch das Castle ging beim Vorbeigehen mit.

      Abends sind wir dann im Hotel-Pub gelandet (OYO Royal Hotel -> altmodisch und schnuckelig) und haben ein paar Gläschen vernichtet.      Read more

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    • Chris in the UK
      1
      Day 18

      Driving to Newcastle via Harrogate

      September 13, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      We had every intention of going to Durham, honestly. I had heard that Durham Cathedral was incomparable, and that other people had laid down happy memories there. I was going off scant mythologies and second-hand memories in this part of the world.

      But by the time we had packed up the car and executed the diamond-heist-difficulty check out procedure (which involved a complicated and precise series of key turns, fob swipes, code types, and corridor walks), I was ready for a coffee before we had even left York.

      I saw the name Harrogate and on pure instinct asked if we could go there. And on pure instinct, Stuart said yes, never mind the fact that English people drive dangerously and were nearly causing a collision every minute. It's not good enough, Britain, to tailgate, change lanes without leaving a crash avoidance space, speed into oncoming traffic, enter intersections without checking them... I can say with the pompous certitude of a learner driver that English drivers do not drive to an Australian motoring standard.

      Driving into Harrogate was unexpectedly congested. We soon found out why: the place is amazing, and perfect for tourism. It felt like a different kind of tourism to Nottingham's Robin Hoodery or York's Renaissance Fun-fayre. This was more like the Blue Mountains back home: a traditional spa resort with maximalist luxury architecture, still luring in a certain older and parochial traveller looking for a nice and pretty place that sells expensive things. To call it picturesque is an understatement: its neat beauty and extravagant proportions were everything.

      My foot was bung so I was limping around a bit, but I couldn't stop. There was just too much to see: around every corner, more cobblestones, more columns, more fancy windows, more hanging flower baskets. We took our time walking around, photographing Dahlias, buildings, and ourselves.

      The drive into Newcastle was unexpected. Everything was so agrarian until it wasn't. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne doesn't sprawl the way Newcastle-Ever-Mine does. And once we had passed the city threshold, suddenly all the buildings were crammed into a tight perimeter, reaching up high. The buildings are all large, but they are squished together on steep ravines. In fact, this is the most vertical city I've ever seen. (I haven't been to Santiago or Hong Kong, but I've been to Dunedin and San Francisco). It's practically Gotham City with its art deco, its caricatured proportions, its achingly nostalgic vistas.

      And with that architectural verticality, that other kind of verticality: massive class differences between the rich and poor. There are beggars here smoking underneath castle archways, and people in Prada suits walking past them with Waitrose bags full of organic provender. It makes the place hard to read. I am so excited I can't even deal with it - I want to walk everywhere around here, as long as my foot will let me.

      I saw an albatross, an eagle, a grey squirrel, and a cranky dachshund today. The dachshund was barking at a busker performing Asturias in Harrogate. I wasn't sure if they were a double act, you know, good cop/bad cop that sort of thing. I thought about it as I walked out of Waitrose with my bag of organic provender.      Read more

    • TravelerGroßbritannien und Irland
      Day 21

      Newcastle und die Horrornacht

      July 12, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Nach einem anstrengenden Bike-Tag habe vor allem ich einen Pausetag verdient 😅 also ging es eine Stadt erkunden. Newcastle.
      Newcastle war für mich immer so ein Punkt auf der Landkarte worauf ich mich gefreut habe, denn es liegt kurz vor der schottischen Grenze und auf Schottland freue ich mich unglaublich arg. Deshalb haben wir voller Freude diese Stadt erkundet.

      Wenn man nach so langer Zeit (3 Wochen) mal wieder in eine Stadt fährt weiß man irgendwie was man gar nicht vermisst hat. Allein der Geruch und die tausenden Menschen die um einen herumwuseln waren mir fast schon zu viel.
      Da ich keine Lust mehr hatte zu kochen beschlossen wir endlich englische Chips zu probieren. Irgendwo in einem entspannteren Wohnviertel haben wir ein süßes kleines Lädchen entdeckt und direkt zwei Portionen bestellt. Joel mit Knoblauchsoße und ich mit Cheddar überbacken. Ich kann’s euch sagen, es war übertrieben lecker 🤤

      Nach 15 km und etwas verlaufen später kamen wir endlich um 22:30 Uhr am Van an. Wir beschlossen dort zu schlafen, da wir einfach erledigt waren.

      Man muss schon sagen manche Engländer sind schon etwas seltsam. Sie fahren mit ihren Autos auf einen random Parkplatz und bleiben in ihren Autos sitzen und machen nichts und fahren irgendwann wieder weg!? Hä? Okay jedem das seine 😂

      Um 2:30 Uhr Nachts bin ich aufgewacht, da etwas geklappert hat. Dann habe ich erst gedacht, ach das habe ich mir nur eingebildet. Als es dann nochmal geklappert hat habe ich aus unserem Heckfenster rausgeschaut und jemanden bei unseren Fahrrädern gesehen. Schnell habe ich Joel geweckt. Er meinte nur, ach die interessieren sich nur für das Auto, mach dir keine Sorgen.
      Joel ist wieder eingeschlafen, während ich nicht schlafen konnte. Ich habe währenddessen noch einem Paar beim rummachen beobachtet bis die endlich weggefahren sind und es endlich still auf dem Parkplatz war. Dann dachte ich mir, okay jetzt kann ich wieder getrost schlafen. Fehlanzeige. Auf einmal klapperte es wieder bei unseren Rädern. Wieder habe ich Joel geweckt. Diesmal hat er den Typ gesehen und raus geschrien. Davon hat der Typ sich nicht beirren lassen, er wollte die Bikes klauen. Schnell habe ich zum Schlüssel gegriffen um unseren Panikknopf von unserer Alarmanlage zu drücken. Der Dieb ist dann schnell zu seinem Komplizen auf einem Mopet gerannt und kam dann wieder mit einer Accu-Flex und hat angefangen unser Schloss aufzuflexen. Jetzt ging alles sehr schnell. Kurzschlusshandlung. Joel hat sich schnell mit unserer Axt und ich mich mit dem Pfefferspray bewaffnet. Dann ist Joel rausgerannt und hat die Typen verjagt. Der Typ mit der Flex hat dann seine Beine in die Hand genommen, ist auf den Roller gesprungen und hat nur noch geschrien: Schneller der hat eine Axt.
      Dann waren die zwei zum Glück weg.
      Wir konnten dort natürlich nicht mehr schlafen und sind erst mal eine halbe Stunde entfernt auf einen anderen Platz gefahren um dort noch etwas Schlaf zu finden.
      Naja schlafen konnten wir nicht mehr wirklich.

      Wir sind einfach nur froh das nichts weiter passiert ist und es uns beiden gut geht.
      Im Anschluss haben wir jetzt einige Dinge besprochen, wie wir in so einer Situation (hoffentlich wird das nicht mehr so oft passieren) handeln würden.

      Zum Glück sind wir mit einem Schrecken davon gekommen.      Read more

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