Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Sunday, 19 February 2017

City and Coast

Day two of the mini break saw the transition from the urban architectural splendour of Newcastle-Gateshead (Quayside, bridges, Baltic and the Sage) to the coastal beauty of the Northumberland seaboard, as we took the scenic road north to Bamburgh, stopping en route at the little fishing port of Amble for an amble round its familiar attractions – harbour market, craft pods, and Spurreli’s coffee shop; the restraint we exercised at the cafĂ© enabled us later to more thoroughly enjoy the specialist seafood dishes on the menu at our hotel, the Mizzen Head.

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