Well, the 08 08 08 road trip is over. I enjoyed it immensely. There were many other places I could have gone and many more stories I could have told. I think I’ve learned something for future picture story road trips.

Additional info (its like a travelogue innit?)

Bamburgh Castle (nice video here)
http://www.visitnorthumberland.com/site/highlights/the-icons/bamburgh-castle

Bamburgh Archeology http://www.youtube.com/user/bamburghmedia

I was also looking for info on a famous movie made there which I couldn’t quite remember. I find that there’s been more than one The list includes Disney’s A Knight in Camelot, El Cid, Ivanhoe, Macbeth, Mary Queen of Scots and Becket.

Angel Of The North

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_the_North
http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/attractions/Angel/Home.aspx

Running late so just a quick stop to capture the flavour of Durham.

This is the Guildhall – my band played here many times in the 70’s

The Tyne Bridge – (puffs chest with pride) Kinda hard to do justice to in a picture just hurriedly pointing and clicking. You see evidence of it in many of these Tyne pics. It was the inspiration for Sydney Harbour Bridge which was also built with steel from this region. (chest swells even larger with pride)