Whitley Bay beach 19th August 2023

 Today, we had a trip to the lovely North East Coast at Whitley Bay.

It was very sunny, very windy, and very nice!

Janet and Megan

Off to the sea!

The steps to Spanish City.

Jenny, with Janet and Jonathan watching on.

Rachy and Hana

Pools on the beach

Rock on the beach

Rach, Megan, Emma and Hana.

The tide rushes in!

Rocks and rock pools

Jenny and Hana.

The Children and guardian!

And finally, that 'Cheese!' moment (courtesy of Rachel R!)

A nice day out!

Baltic heat!

 Today, I went with the family to Newcastle on a very warm late August day.

Here are a few pics from the visit...

Newcastle Mela, a makebelieve blue Indian Elephant greets the small crowd!

2 Japanese acrobats, VERY Japanese and enthusiastic!

Lunch, well, at least, starters!

So, off to the Baltic, Janet and Megan watch the Tyne...

...and are joined by Mark, they are watching a zipwire run from the Tyne bridge to the Quayside.

Looking east from the Millenium tilting bridge.

Looking towards the Tyne bridge.

The Baltic.

A view of the Millenium bridge from the Baltic.

It was a long day, and a hot one!

A day at the museum

 Today we went to the Discovery museum in town as well as to 2 nice eating places in toon and Whitley Bay.

Megan and Jonathan at the Portuguese café

Janet supping soup!

Mark and Aidan

Megan:1 , Bacon Butty: 0

The Discovery Museum Enigma display

Some of the child friendly displays

Aidan joining in.

Rachel looking Psychedelic!!!

Mark still hanging onto Aidan!

Janet and Mark

The Challenger 2 outside.