Newcastle Big UK flickrmeet

Sunday 24 Tyne Bridges from Sage,
originally uploaded by bob watt.

19th April 2009 was the 4th Big UK Flickrmeet. This was held in Newcastle.

We stayed at the Premier Inn next door to the old Tyne Tees TV studios. It was nostalgic to walk past the entrance that featured each week on The Tube. Memories of student life in Leicester and getting ready for Friday night out on the town...anyway, back to the weekend's events.

We had Friday night to ourselves so we wandered the city centre before the main drinking hordes appeared and found a restaurant near the Tyne bridge that could fit us in. Beautiful local lamb washed down with local real ale. Wandered across the road to the Crown Hotel (I think) and had a pint or two in there while admiring the stained glass windows before a stroll along the riverside back to the hotel.

We met the the rest of the Flickrers at Newcastle railway station the next morning. While standing around, Sonia met her old friend Annie who now works in South Shields but she was on her way for a day out in York. Once the gang had gathered we headed off around the city taking photos of people and landmarks. The finished photos are available in my Newcastle Big UK Flickrmeet set.

I met back up with Sonia in the late afternoon as she had decided that watching me take photos was not that exciting when there was a whole city of shops and cafes to visit (and keep warm in). We had a meal in a restaurant near the hotel, overlooking the Millennium Bridge, which were washed down with cocktails. We slept well that night.

Sunday morning brought blue skies, so we visited The Sage before heading off to Haddon-on-the-Wall for a pub lunch on the way home.