Newcastle has some cool old places to wander about within. Wandering was what we had time to do once the allotted 1.5 hours at the doctor was completed after only15 minutes! We took a pre booked taxi in the morning so we would be sure to get to our 8:50 appointment on time. Of course we got there early and were done by 8:55. The metro was close by so we could walk to the station and before you know it we are getting off at Monument Station, drinking tea and eating pastries at the Flower Café. The people were walking by totally unaware that we were inventing lives for them and putting them into fictional existential dilemmas. We snooped into many shops and a few large arcades. A whole world of shops were available from cheese shops, butchers, greeting card sales, hat shops, vintage rock and roll swag, veggie stalls, dumpling shops, dress shops, and sandwich shops. Great fun looking at stuff. We went to the pharmacy and they filled all of our prescriptions and we were back on the train. After some lunch we took a stroll to Whitburn bay. Lots of wildflowers, a white lighthouse and walkways all along the shore
Crossing the river
Driving to the Doctors
Taking the metro back into Newcastle and it is only 9:30 AM
Off to get tea and some pastries
Earl Grey the X is on top of the Monument
The shopping area is rife with fine buildings
At the flower café
Bluebird
Beer for sale
Dry aged right in the market
Not for the squemish
A huge chunk of beef
When it rains often the shopping arcade it a great idea
Shoes for sale
The smallest Marks and Spencers in the land
An even larger shopping arcade
Oddly intriguing
One of the wood pods is open for business
A large stone arch for the road
A tug, or maybe the coast guard
The waves extend a long way
A gentle slope to the beach
A rocky promontory
The lighthouse by our house
Is this a sign for the acorn on top of the lighthouse?
Drunken stairs
So many dogs that they had to create no dog zones
Great walkways
Stone circle
Low tide
We could have walked along the beach
Cawww
This stone looks like the bluestone from Stonehenge, I should go grab it
The lighthouses are well represented
Tide pools
Whitburn Bay
A touch of deco
Clouds rolling in
Another Pipit
Strange replacement gate
Telling direction using the sun
Wide and open beach
Daisy daisy
Some rain moves in when we were cooking dinner
