Holiday Inn Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne

... profession in the world'.<br><br>3) Learn some more Hindi. Especially the phrase "Get your hands off my ass you dirty old man."<br><br>4) Swap the alcohol habit for a much more peaceful philosophical weed habit. Write some 'interesting' poems for my portfolio as a result.<br><br> 5) Always carry toilet paper to avoid the 'Indian' method....<br><br>6) Try to look fit despite having a shiny bald heid. Result of a brothers bet. More on that next time.<br><br><br><br><br>

... then headed up "The Shambles" road and The little shambles road and had a look at the street market. I got a new 4 pound black case for the phone as I managed to crack the last one...I seem to go through them quite quickly, ah well at least the phone is protected.<br> We walked back towards the church to try and get a 2pm slot to climb up the spire. On the way we stopped at a fudge place where they made fudge in front of you, we got a ...

... church was built and they had his bones for 300 years before a beautiful chapel was built to house his mortal remains. For Bede, life was brief but held the knowledge of the mercy of Christ. He liked the English and wrote the first history of the English speaking people. I love his prayers but he is not in that black stone box; he flew to the light of his Lord long before the first stone was laid for Durham&#8217;s great Cathedral.<br><br> We got to Durham at 2 pm ...

Well I wasn't really going to write anything here since this was strictly work-type stuff - I was in Newcastle for the International Sports Science and Sports Medicine Conference (which was brilliant by the way) - but seriously, this place was nothing short of fantastic, I can't believe I've never been here before.<br><br>Loved it - for future reference: must return to Newcastle!<br>

... last several days we&#8217;ve only been traveling around 50km. At least if we were making headway I could be looking forward to France. At this point, it looks like we&#8217;ll be stuck here until October!<br><br>Finally reaching the top, we embarked on the first significant downward section of the day. The wind was so strong that it kept pushing us back and forth across the pavement as the road twisted and turned. Thank goodness there was ...

... to follow the valleys between the hills. Here, the builders must have needed to see where they were going and went up OVER the hills! Brian&#8217;s Uncle Reg say that this builds &#8216;strength of character&#8217;. Well, if building strength of character is the ability to build longer and longer strings of obscenities, the I have a lot! :D Hell for cyclists is a place where ...

... a long stretch of Hadrian&#8217;s wall to observe it all from. <br><br>We took a few Gopeds along with us, since they conveniently fit in the Helicopter&#8217;s storage bin. A Goped is essentially a scooter with a motor on it. This was a fun way to play around since we were out farm country with wide open spaces and little traffic.<br><br>We ate lunch in the little village of Haydon Bridge. That evening we flew back to the yacht now in Whitby Harbour.

... raining a little bit, but we were exhausted. We were so ready for bed, but we walked around Newcastle City Centre for a few minutes. We stopped by a handmade cosmetics store and found some fun things there. We had fun in Newcastle, but we felt that it didn&#8217;t have the same charm as Scotland. Newcastle reminded us of any big city with good shopping. The buildings were old, but they had brand new storefronts with bright ...

... our departure? Up until now the list of things to bring goes from buying walking shoes and coats to what camera lens and laptop... And also which suitcase... LOL. At least we already have the camera bag. Per the countdown set up on the computer we now have 117 days to go. Oh Dear!!! :-)

... They also house a ruined abbey. I have to say that the grounds were much more interesting than the palace. <br><br>Overall, Holyroodhouse Palace is a lot like Edinburgh Castle: it's much more impressive from the outside than from the inside. But, like Edinburgh Castle, a first-time visitor should stop there in order to get a glimpse of history. But, don't expect to learn much about the lives of the royals or the history of the city from a visit.<br><br>We spent about an ...