I'm on board a boat that is berthed on the Tyne just now. It was a lovely summers day yesterday so I decided to knock off early from my night shift and take a stroll along the river to the city centre, which was about 3 miles away. Found a path that is called Hadrians Walk which also acts as a cycle path...
Not far past the industrial area where the boat is and I was on the path...
Pollution by old industry is still affecting the area.... Could smell the tar...
Some wild flowers along the way....
This marina is called Chandlers Quay... It has modern apartments and some nice old houses on the riverfront.
Found a bar in amongst the apartments where I re-hydrated myself after all the walking....
Further along the route I could see city centre sights on the horizon... Can just about make out Newcastles football ground in this pic... (St James Park?)
Further on rround the corner was the Millenium Bridge.... I went across Londons Millenium Bridge a few weeks back but this one was a better design....
Side on view of it...
The proper old bridges were just past the Millenium one....
Lot of old historical buildings around the area (most turned into pubs)... This was the point where I headed away from the river, up hill towards the city centre....
Stopped for a pannini and some more rehydration fluid, bought a Big Issue off a homeless bloke from Scotland then got a taxi back to the boat - couldn't be arsed doing the walk back again....
Newcastle - quite a nice city if you get the right weather.