I’m cheating slightly today since this is a photo from yesterday, but I thought it was quite pretty. As Wendy and I flew from Belfast to Newcastle, the sun was setting and the sky looked lovely! Unfortunately, my photo’s a bit blurry, but the colours look nice.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Aviation, Public Transport, Travel.
This is a duck house in Bangor’s 37 acre Ward Park, where I came to see Snow Patrol in 2010. In the park, that is, not in the duck house. It’d be a bit of a squeeze to fit a crowd of 40,000 in a duck house, after all.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Bangor, Northern Ireland.
As spotted at the Bangor Castle Diamond Jubilee Party this afternoon.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Bangor, Northern Ireland, Royalty, The Queen.
At the Metrocentre this evening, I did have to wonder: is there some kind of celebration happening this weekend?!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Gateshead, Metrocentre, Retail, Royalty, The Queen.
Wendy and I don’t do takeaway all that often, but I couldn’t be bothered to cook tonight… and it was delicious!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Domino's.
Yesterday, I wrote about the Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist tunnels. Today, I’m showing the ventilation shafts from the vehicular tunnel. The one in the foreground is the south shaft, and if you look carefully, the north shaft is across the river in the background.
In fact, the ventilation shafts are no longer in use, as the tunnels (now plural) now have a rather more sophisticated ventilation system. However, these twin ventilation shafts have become such local landmarks that they have been retained.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields.
I visited the Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels for today’s picture of the day – the only place I know of which has a byelaw specifically forbidding defection on the premises. Actually, there are many more interesting things about the 61-year-old tunnels than that, including the longest wooden escalators in the world.
I’ve wanted to visit the tunnels for quite some time, and ended up taking quite a few photos. Instead of clogging up the main blog with them all, I’ve stuck them all together on a page, along with some more background info – so have a look!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields, South Shields.
The sealant on our shower started to get mouldy, so I replaced it. This isn’t terribly exciting, but barring attaching things to walls or putting furniture together, this is probably the most advanced DIY project I’ve done, so I’m quite proud of it.
Also, I like the slightly odd perspective illusion created by this photo!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, DIY.
Wendy and I went to enjoy the lovely weather down at the marina at North Shields today, which I also visited last month. This photo shows the original accumulator tower which used to power the lock. It’s pretty much the only visible artefact of the original Albert Edward Dock.
The lock itself remains in fine fettle thanks to regular maintenance, and was indeed operating today:
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields.
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