John and Ken's Birthday Walk from North Shields to Spanish City.

This Birthday Walk was here because John and Ken are lovers of Dire Straights and their songs about this area. It was logistically tough to organise but we all managed to arrive in Newcastle Central Station within minutes of each other. We then caught the Metro to South Shields and then walked to the Tyne Ferry for the crossing to North Shields. We walked from there to Tynemouth Pier and along the Promenade to Whitley Bay. This is on the 5 minute Ferry with John, Sandria and Craig and Alison.

This statue is in memory of Admiral Lord Collingwood and overlooks the entrance to the Tyne.

Tom and John manning the guns.

Birthday Boys Ken and John on the steps of The Spanish City where we had an excellent meal after our 7 mile walk.

 At Whitley Bay Metro Station with John and Sandria and Tom with his cousin Margaret who lives in North Shields and met us at Tynemouth to walk with us to Whitley Bay. It was a great day with every train, Metro, and Ferry bang on time and the weather was wall to wall sunshine.