I like making my own bread, I’m reasonably good at it and there’s nothing quite like the smell of bread baking. Or watching the steam rise from that first slice off a still warm loaf. Then of course you have to spread a little butter on it, it really does help being out all those flavours. I usually make wholemeal bread so that butter does no harm at all ( […]
I like the Metro. No not the one in Paris but the Geordie one that circles the coast through Whitley Bay before diving back under the city and the River Tyne before it heads out to Sunderland and beyond. Apart from the two tunnels under the city the rest of the route is made up of converted rail lines which had reached the end of their days and were threatened […]
An evening stroll along the Tyne took me past the tilting bridge on the Tyne. It’s unusual design means it opens a bit like an eye winking to allow shipping to pass underneath. In the background the Baltic Gallery can be seen. A former Rank Hovis flour mill from the early 2000’s has been an exhibition space for contemporary art. This stretch of the Newcastle quayside is quite the place […]
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/ […]
Sometimes there’s nothing better than just sitting and watching the world go by, or in this case the Bay. A photo from four or so years ago, it had been one of those October days that surprises you with its warmth and a champagne sparkle of sunshine. I had travelled up by train early in the day and spent my time walking around the resort. Checking up on my favourite […]
Well the prospect of travelling again inches slowly closer, though at the moment as the rain streaks down my windows and the wind bounces around my garden, that prospect seems as far away as ever. Trying to make some positive use of the down time I’ve been tidying the photo files. Checking what’s there and pencilling in ideas for future trips. One way and another I spend a lot of […]
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