A week after we'd been camping in Northumberland, it was back up to Newcastle (a significant birthday for Amy, and the first weekend without The Childs for a while). Whilst the weekend was mainly about having fun, we decided to do a bit of architectural photography, more experimenting really with the iPod cameras.
Starting on the winking bridge... what a lovely day for it.
Close-up of the seat.
And the arch of the bridge.
Naturally we went to The Baltic, an old haunt from our Uni days in Carlisle, where Newcastle represented the nearest proper contemporary art galleries.
View from the top.
And the slightly terrifying stairwell- made even more terrifying by mirrors top and bottom (an art installation by Mark Wallinger).
Just a couple of detail shots of the windows in the lift shaft.
Shot of the viaduct from inside a lovely old building, now converted into an Italian restaurant.
Newcastle makes a good effort with the Tyne at night, it looked very impressive indeed.
Next morning, and after breakfast at The Baltic it was a walk along the southern bank of the Tyne...
...over the swing bridge...
...and up to the Stephenson double-deck bridge.
This has been wrapped in scaffolding whilst it was refurbished whenever we used to come here, so it was nice to be able to see it properly for once.
The classic 'Get Carter' angle on the bridge...
And so then it was a last walk around the city, and a rather nice mix of 60's brutalism and Victorian railway viaduct.
Impressed with how the iPod camera coped with the task in hand, though admittedly the weather was very nice. All in all, another nice trip, and good and nostalgic to revisit Newcastle after nearly ten years.
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