Segedunum Roman Fort

This roman fort, located at Wallsend, was the eastern end of Hadrian’s wall (or the beginning of Hadrian’s wall if you were a roman soldier coming from that direction).

Inside the monument

Grey’s monument was named after the second Early Grey (yes, the tea, but he was also a Prime Minister).  The monument is occasionally open to the public to climb up the 164 steps on the inside and I was lucky enough to buy a ticket.  The first two pics are the...

Watching the bridge tilt

The millennium bridge in newcastle tilts to allow boat traffic along the river. I went down to the Pitcher and Piano to watch the bridge tilt today.

Showers and fire alarms

In the early part of the year when they had the drills, I wondered whether they would catch anyone in the shower.  Well, it had to happen to someone, and it happened to me.  The fire alarm went off this morning just as I finished rinsing all the shampoo out of my...

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