NEWCASTLE DAY VISIT- July 2015

Millenium Bridge - Opening

In Closed Position

Tyne Bridge

Views from Baltic Art Centre

Me on Millenium Brisge

Seagulls nesting

City View in Old Newcastle

The Sage - Events Venue in Gateshead

River Tyne and Its Bridges

Tyne Bridge view

We visited Newcastle by Train as part of a visit to a Vegan Food Festival, though being in such a wonderful city we took time to visit a few sights there and see the Millenium Bridge which opens once a day at 12pm. So we viewed that from the viewing gallery in the Baltic Art Gallery on the 5th floor. Well worth the time to do that and you can see the views from there above.

A very impressive city and I had never been there before, so seeing the Tyne Bridge and river was great and the buildings were interesting too. Much different than I had expected.

CORNWALL - Short Break , April 2015

Port Issac

"Doc Martin" House

Old Post Office-Tintagel

King Arthurs Castle-Tintagel

Boscastle View

"Harbour Light" Tea Room- Boscastle

Me with "Merlin"

At our Vegan B&B "Michael House" Treknow, Tintagel

Dining Room at B&B and Dana

Our Friends in Gerrans, Chris & Mary Pollard

Me At Tintagel

"Altarnun" Village , North Cornwall.

Our Breakfast! Yummy!!!!

Meal out in St Ives at the "Bean Inn Veggie Resturant"

St Ives

St Ives Beach

"Michael House -Vegan B&B"

We enjoyed a very nice couple of days at a Vegan B&B in North Cornwall, called "Michael House", which was just a mile from Tintagel in the village of Treknow. It has views towards the sea and the cliffs around Trebarwith Strand. Very scenic indeed and the B&B was wonderful.  Us being Vegans, we really have to stay at a Vegan place for our diet.

But I highly recommend that place as it had great food and was very comfy indeed.

We managed to get around a bit in the short time we had there. Places included "Port Issac" where the TV Series "Doc Martin" is filmed and filming was taking place the week we were there.

Also we visited "Padstow", "Wadebridge" and "Boscastle", where I was actually at in 2004 when they had the flood! Though I managed to get away just in time....though it was a very memorable day indeed.

Second day we drove down to "Roseland" to visit a couple of our friends who live in "Gerrans", a quiet village overlooking the sea. Then we went on to "St Ives" the popular seaside town where there are many Art Galleries, including the Tate Gallery in St Ives. The brightness seems very intense around that town, so no wonder artists use St Ives for their work. The beaches are very clean and sandy. We made time to stay for a lovely meal at the Vegetarian Resturant on Carbis bay, called "The Bean Inn", which has lovely food all hand prepared. Not a Burger in sight! Lovely!!.  Then we had the long drive back up to Tintagel.  We'll certainly return oneday to that B&B and to see more of North Cornwall, which is very rugged but the scenery around the cliffs and beaches cannot be bettered I think.

Especially in such good weather as we were lucky to have had!

BRIGHTON - Weekend Break / Vegfest UK

This was a weekend trip we had, mainly to visit VEGFEST UK at the Brighton  Hove Centre, but we just had to visit a few other places in Brighton too. A very colourful place with lots going on.
The seafront is very big indeed and it takes a long time to walk all along it.
We loved the multi-coloured beach huts and many were used that weekend as the weather was lovely. We saw the Grand Hotel (Photo above) once a target for an IRA bomb attack, during a Conservative Conferance. We also visited the "North Lanes" shops which are a "Must see" if you go to Brighton. So many speciality shops are rare today and much more friendly than the usual High St stores you get in all cities & towns today.
We are both Vegan so that was one reason we were keen to visit Brighton, as it is known for its "Veggie" culture.  Lots of Vegetarian related shops and one was "Vegetarian Shoes" where Dana bought me a nice pair of training shoes! Very comfy too.
We came home loaded up with our Vegan Foods bought either at VEGFEST or a shop called "Infinity", which sells everything for Vegetarians & Vegans. Huge choices!.
We bought a "Vegan Haggis", which was delicious to eat.  Very Savoury in taste.
Weatherwise we were very fortunate as it was sunny all weekend. It makes a holiday!
So all in all, a very enjoyable break and we'll certainly re-visit Brighton another time.
We stayed in a great "Vegetarian B&B" in Chatsworth Road , Brighton.
Very comfortable and a great breakfast too.