Newcastle - Day 19

I was up in Newcastle with my mate Mike Jessop for a good 3 days, seeing what all this rage is about the place. He took me out on the Castle nightlife, where he used to go to college. Of course, being the old school kid that he was, knew all the bouncers, door guys and promoters from way back, so we got hooked up pretty good. The man is a machine, drink after drink, girl after girl, he prays then swoops, gets the best of them. After a really painful drunken fall down the slippery club stairs, we kicked it out at about 2 am, grabbed a revolting burger from the truck outside then headed in. 

The next day, thursday, Mike showed me around  a few of the local hot spots, he took me into town, checked out the Millennium bridge, along with the 6 other bridges Newcastle has within about three hundred yards of each other. Newcastle holds home to the biggest and most 'acoustically' sound performance centre in the Northern Hemisphere. Not sure of the name, but shit, it has some pretty cool looks, ones that can't quite hold up against our old and faithful, but still, impressive. We the went up, on our way back to Mikes, to check out whats known as the Angel of the north, A huge statue of an Angel like figure that looks down upon and over the valley, really cool stuff! When we got home, mum and dad were preparing a delightful traditional Northern Roast... WOW, amazing!

Newcastle in a nutshell. The Music centre is off to the left, with the Millennium bridge to the bottom right.

Angel of the North

Day three Michael and his Mum took me for traditional scones and tea, at Yorkshires most famous tea house, 'betty's'. To say the least, I never knew scones w/ Jam and cream were so filling! I got out of there, after two scones and two teas, fuller than i've ever been after a any roast dinner! It was glorious, little fat me! Then Mike drove about an hour to the coastal town of Whitby. Whitby doesn't have much going for it, except some killer fish and chips, and a cool Abbey or two. So we marched on down to Magpies Fish & Chips, and sat by the ball freezing ocean to eat it. Have to say, not 'The Best' i've had, but i'd highly recommend it if you're in the area, it's said that they have the best in the UK.

The Abbey at Whitby

The Tombstones at the Abbey of Whitby, overlooking the ocean. Pretty nice place to rest if you ask me!

Dig in! Magpies Fish & Chips!

Thanks again you big smelly awesome man Mike, I owe you a million. Sorry we didn't hit the pubs on Friday, you got me hooked on Band of Brothers! Peace mate.