Nice places to stop off at.....

[CitroJim]

You can have a virtual wander around the LW (Europe 1) transmitter hall via Google if you want

https://artsandculture.google.com/stree ... w6Uz3L41cQ

Oh wow! That's awesome Some happy memories there of my time up close and personal to senders (transmitters) of that magnitude... Heavy radio engineering at its best...

[NewcastleFalcon]

Down to the woods...anywhere and everywhere in the Country. Like here 4 miles out of Consett Co Durham, but a natural wilderness.

Derwent Gorge and Muggleswick Woods National Nature Reserve.

Here's my picture of part of it....quite striking

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

A lot of dolphin activity off the North-East Coast yesterday ...always look for them when down the coast. The tuned in dolphin spotters helpfully report in sightings like this fb group Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Dolphin Watch.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NEWILDD ... cale=en_GB

The Falcons were down at Druridge Bay/ Newbiggin Yesterday but had we known at the time it was a hot dolphin spotting day we may have focussed our gaze more out to sea!

Bright and sunny at Newbiggin by the Sea.

Bit dull at Druridge Bay

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Surprisingly Cambois Beach, where the River Wansbeck meets the sea and a good vantage point for scanning a panorama of lot of water 300-400m offshore , looking for Dolphins. Today Tynemouth pier was the place to be though, reports of over 20 Dolphins, and again many sightings off the Northumberland Coast. Plenty of rain and brooding skies as well as patches of the blue stuff and fluffy white clouds.

View to the North and "Wansbeck Mouth"	view to the South towards Blyth

Neil

[CitroJim]

Enjoying these seaside vistas Neil

[myglaren]

Apart from Flamingo park and Borås zoos, the only dolphins I have seen were in Whitby harbour, 1960-ish.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Dolphins are pretty active in the vicinity of Roker Pier too according to the Dolphin watch fb page.
There is a youtube live stream from "Roker Lad"....of the Seascape down at Roker capturing Dolphin activity.

Obviously nothing is happening most of the time so not a rivetting watch, but it does capture activity when it occurs then snipped up into clips like this.

https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxJWmiIE ... ehAnIDLVt3

Newbiggin Dolphin Watch...
June is a hotspot round the North East Coast around the rivermouths and movements of pods up the Coast.
??We think the dolphins are attracted to Roker this time of year for the sea trout. Its too early for mackerel.
??June is our busiest month for sightings. At any one time about 100 bottle nose dolphins in various pods move and and down our coastline. They have fave feeding spots like rivermouths.

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

As the Alnmouth Fingerpost sign (here) proclaims The Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a nice place to stop off at, and you will find many examples of its natural assets posted up by yours truly on many threads,

So a contrast, and an exception. From Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed the coastline is stunning. This very small section is not, It consists of not much more than a mile at most at the mouth of the River Lyne, but encompasses the area of the former Lynemouth Colliery, the former Alcan Aluminium Smelter, and its associated powersatation, a landfill site abutting the beach, a large Minewater Treatment site, and an orange watercourse emanating from that site across the beach and into the North Sea tainting it orange for hundreds of metres.

It forms part of the England Coastal Path great views, North and South, and an intended clean up in progress but a contaminated wasteland of its industrial past. Still lets say an "interesting" place to stop off at.

Enough words the pictures!

The Orange "river"	The now Biomass Power Station	More orange river
River Lyne and Landfill behind the Beach	Power Station	England Coatal Path Bridge looking South
Severn Trent in Charge of The Minewater Treatment Station	Not exactly a hive of activity clearing the wasteland	Nice views in some directions

Neil

[myglaren]

The mention of the Alcan works was interesting to me.
An American acquaintance who is one of the world's top power station engineers used to come annually to check Alcan's power station.
Would have loved to meet her and her girlfriend while they were here but she hasn't been for years, mainly in Australia these days. And the US of course although her job has changed a lot over the past decade.

[NewcastleFalcon]

On 6th July the Former Ryhope Grand Cinema will open at Beamish Museum. Spot the brown workcoat!

The cinema has been reconstructed in the museum's 1950s town along with radio, electrical and vinyl shops, and a toy store based on Middlesbrough's Romer Parrish.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg33qgnj0ygo

Neil

[CitroJim]

Oh gosh! Now there's a reason for a return visit - if ever I needed one

[NewcastleFalcon]

Spanish Visitor at Blyth all the way from Sevilla! The only inland maritime port in Spain.

...and appropriately on sailing out of Blyth today, today's Dolphin watch reports....Dolphins at Blyth chasing the Galleon Andaluchia out of the Pier 9.24 a.m.

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Tynemouth. Super day, and in homage to a slower pace reminisced about in Remember these All our Yesterdays watched the Galleon Andalucia return from a Training voyage after setting off from Blyth this morning which took it as far South as Hartlepool, to its next berth in Newcastle at Ouseburn.

Tracked its progress with Marine Traffic, and when it appeared first on the horizon it was in full sail. A little less dramatic images for its entrance to the Tyne as it looked a bit naked having had it's sails taken down for the last part of the journey. Clearly not as skilled in "sailing! as in the old days, needed its motor power to guide it up the Tyne.

Tynemouth Priory	Nice day out for the hound!
Where's the Galleon Andalucia?	There she blows, just passing Tynemouth Pier
South Shields Pier in the background	Heading up the Tyne to Ouseburn

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Lovely pub in East Grinstead, well worth popping in if you are there. Excellent food and very well kept beers!!

The Railway

The building itself is worth seeing but the many seating areas even more so

[NewcastleFalcon]

Lovely pub in East Grinstead, well worth popping in if you are there. Excellent food and very well kept beers!!



The building itself is worth seeing but the many seating areas even more so

Pub Cafe Gallery and the odd hotel could do with an entry from your grand day out Mick.

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That would be 4 threads covered! and your Bradshaws could go in the pickled egg library photograph a suitable page! Thread no 5!

I reckon if you are creative you could even hit a few more threads!

Neil