October 2023. Monkseaton. Tyneside. Having ticked the annual (and inevitably excellent) North Tyneside Beer Guide newbie I walked the ten minutes to Monkseaton Metro, admiring the roadside pubs (and opticians), and wondering what the Front Street Tap had done to lose out on GBG glory this year. Or, come to that, the Left Luggage Room… Continue reading LEFT LUGGAGE, LEFT OUT OF THE GBG
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REV JAMES DRINKING WELL IN MONKSEATON
October 2023. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I’d obviously lost track of time as it was past 5pm when I left the Bridge Hotel in search of two Newcastle ticks, the first of them right out on the coast. The skies were looking angry as I descended to the bowels of the metro, but it was the bladders of… Continue reading REV JAMES DRINKING WELL IN MONKSEATON
METRO MAN MAKES IT TO MONKSEATON
Durham in the bag, I reached base camp at 13:30. The Premier Inn just south of Newcastle Airport is your perfect £40 location from which to mop up Tyne & Wear AND that irritating Northumberland straggler a mile over the border in Ponteland. £5.40 for a Metro all-day ticket which will take you from airport… Continue reading METRO MAN MAKES IT TO MONKSEATON
I WON’T BE BEATEN IN MONKSEATON
Heading off to the seaside now, without ever actually seeing it on the 20 minute metro meander round the coast. The revelation on the metro journey came late. “Next stop Tine-mouth” I’d always been told it was “Tin-muff” by those evil Geordies. I’d always also been told that railway stations were places you bought overpriced… Continue reading I WON’T BE BEATEN IN MONKSEATON
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