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Post by Ann on Aug 15, 2005 20:27:07 GMT
A couple of weeks ago Jen and I decided that it was time we got ourselves into Newcastle to walk over the Millennium Bridge and look around the Baltic Flour Mill and Sage. The Bridge and the Baltic (a sort of equivalent to Liverpool's Liver Building), have been up and running for some years now, but neither of us had got around to seeing them except from out of the window of a car or train. The Sage, on the South Bank of the Tyne, is the north east's answer to the Festival Hall and is more recent. An added attraction at the moment is the north east's answer to the London Eye. We picked a perfect day for our cultural trip. This is the Millennium Bridge, with the Baltic Flour Mill in the background.  Halfway over the Millennium Bridge I stopped to take a pic of the famous Tyne Bridge.  Once on the other side, we headed for the wheel. Jen looked a bit apprehensive.  However, by the time we'd been round a couple of times, she wanted it to go faster! This is a view of Newcastle, with The Sage getting in the way, when we were more or less at the summit of the ride.  Next we explored the Baltic. The exhibition wasn't really to our taste. (If I'm honest, we both got the giggles in one room.)  Then we walked over to The Sage. Weird looking place isn't it? There are two big concert halls inside.  |
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Post by SaffiandJasmin on Aug 15, 2005 20:38:03 GMT
How many of these big wheels are there around? Apart from the London Eye, there's one in Birmingham and now this one...I didn't know there were so many! Lovely pictures!
Lesley T
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Post by Ann on Aug 15, 2005 20:42:28 GMT
London isn't allowed to have all its own way!
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Post by Edda on Aug 16, 2005 3:03:59 GMT
Wonderful pcs!
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Post by Lesley on Aug 16, 2005 19:59:53 GMT
ann, beautiful pictures. however, big cities scare the heck out of me! newcastle looks very industrial - i can only spot a few trees. what was in the baltic flour mill that was funny? very brave of you both to go on the wheel.
lesley
p.s. why is the tyne bridge famous?
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Post by Ann on Aug 16, 2005 20:45:33 GMT
Lesley,
The Tyne Bridge is what identifies Newcastle. Whenever the city is on the news, or in a film, it's the Tyne Bridge that appears on the screen. (A bit like the Statue of Liberty and New York on a much smaller scale!) It's supposedly the prototype for the much bigger, but similarly styled Sydney Harbour Bridge. You're looking past the quayside right into the very centre of the city, so that's why it seems so built up. To the north of the city we've still got the Town Moor, which is vast. Just outside the city there's also Jesmond Dene which is a local beauty spot.
I don't know if what gave me the giggles in the exhibition will come across very well. We came to a room that just had brass plaques on the wall. They had things written on them like store room and washing machine. Beside each plaque was a short description of whatever was written on it. Jen and I tried touching the plaques to see if they opened, but they were solid. Then we came to a small notice on the wall. It said that the artist was so busy and had so many ideas, that he made the plaques and wrote the descriptions to save time. That was when I got the giggles. I then suggested that I could make my fortune by doing the same thing with books. Produce a cover with a title, but no book in the middle, just a single paragraph outlining the plot.
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Post by Chaos_and_Company on Aug 16, 2005 21:29:00 GMT
Beautiful photos Ann….from the view in photo number four the air looks very rare indeed. I am not a person who likes great heights so I have to say Jen and you were very brave to ride on that big old wheel…Love the water scenes and the bridges… looks like both of you had a very enjoyable day.
Bobbie
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Post by Ann on Aug 16, 2005 22:29:04 GMT
Bobbie,
The little cabins you rode in were completely enclosed. There was absolutely no sensation of moving at all as you went round. It was much less scary than a fairground big wheel.
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Post by Chris on Aug 16, 2005 23:27:15 GMT
Great photos Ann, it's many years since I've been to Newcastle. It looks a lot less grimy than it used too!
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Post by Lesley on Aug 17, 2005 5:04:15 GMT
ann i think i would have got the giggles as well. it is funny they bothered to explain them!
and i have seen the tyne bridge on tv a couple of times - didn't know what it was - now i do thank you.
lesley
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Post by Catnip on Aug 17, 2005 20:36:31 GMT
What a lovely and interesting day out, Ann - and educational for me, too, as I have never been to Newcastle, and know nothing about the area, I'm afraid! I really enjoyed seeing the photos. (The cloud formations are quite spectacular - if you like that sort of thing - especially in the pic of the big wheel.)
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