Spidey the spider crab. It’s Friday, so that means it’s market day in Earlestown. It’s a traditional open market and a varied and lively one too. As much a social as a shopping occasion. Among the stalls is a grocery one, it also sells fish hence the appearance of Mr. Spidey. Don’t know if that is his name, he wasn’t really in a talkative mood, in his she’ll you might […]
Today on my trip to the North East I made my way out to the Newcastle suburb of Jesmond. I’ve been visiting the city and area off and on for years but for some reason I’ve never made it to this particular corner. My destination was meant to be the beauty spot of Jesmond Dene but on the way I spotted this rather engaging eating place, Cafe 1901. I couldn’t […]
If you take a stroll along Grainger Street you will find this simple plaque which describes Mrs. Howard’s frankly scandalous behavior, no wonder Newcastle was shocked. https://newcastlegateshead.com/ SOME OTHER LINKS. https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B00TKGBNYM https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Lachlan1/sets https://lachlan-main.pixels.com/ https://www.artflakes.com/en/shop/lachlan-main
It’s the middle of the week and it’s been one of those weeks where a lot of “stuff”has been sorted out but none of them were things I had set out to do. Hey how, must be a parallel universe/ timey-wimey thing. Anyway, I felt I needed coffee, so here I am at Brewed Boy (Oli) with a latte and a home baked ( bludee luvlee ) chocolate brownie. https://www.instagram.com/brewedboycoffeeco/ […]
Ever so slowly the brakes are coming off and life is starting the long haul back to normal. To take advantage of this opening window a took a short train ride to the Cheshire market town of Frodsham.
Up in the Lake District and a little less hectic than Lake Windermere is Derwentwater, hard by the town of Keswick. I was up there a while ago, back in the days before things went askew.
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