Tag: River Tyne

Newcastle Art Galleries

Newcastle Art Galleries

Reading Time: 5 minutesFor a Northern industrial town with a history of grime and depravation, Newcastle does have rather a fair share of art galleries. After the slight dissapointment of much of the town centre we ended up in the Laing Gallery which was rather an unexpectedly good …

Newcastle, Rivers, Bridges and Sketches

Newcastle, Rivers, Bridges and Sketches

Reading Time: 8 minutesWe decided on a random trip to Newcastle for this spring’s random couple of days away, for no real reason other than having never been there. I have to say I was not sure what to make of Newcastle, and I’m still not – I …