Travel thread 3.0

[JimmyJeffers]

Been to Sunderland today as it happens. I thought Newcastle had plunged downmarket until I wandered down Fawcett St which used to be the main shopping drag. Roller shutter manufacturers doing well though to be fair.

Aye funny thing is the coastal parts round there are as good as, if not better than anything newcastle has to offer.

Town centre needs completely ripped up and started again. Sunderland also suffers from having no station on the GNER line like Newcastle has. Similar to a lot of places in that area.

 

[Chewbacca]

To be fair to the place, there is a huge amount of building work going on. A number old shops are having upper floors converted to residential apartments and a large new housing estate is being built on the site of the old civic centre right opposite the park.

There is a big new specialist eye hospital being built on the site of the Vaux brewery and a new pedestrian/cyclist bridge connecting that area with redevelopment going on between the stadium and the river. The new Sheepfold Stables restaurant/bar development has been done to an exceptional standard. We said that it will be worth a visit on our first trip home from our new gaff in Australia (if our conveyancing solicitors ever pull their fingers out)

 

[Kurt.]

Hull is a magical kingdom of mystery, glamour and sex.

I think you'll be underwhelmed by Skegness for sure.

I think you misunderstood what strange men with shiny balls meant

 

[larbert toffee]

Aye funny thing is the coastal parts round there are as good as, if not better than anything newcastle has to offer.

Town centre needs completely ripped up and started again. Sunderland also suffers from having no station on the GNER line like Newcastle has. Similar to a lot of places in that area.

Went there a few years ago to watch the blues with a couple of mates one of whom was a makem born and brought up in the area.
I honestly thought the town resembled Birkenhead in many aspects none of which were good
Got to say the folk we met were brand new and let me say 'the salt of the earth'.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I think you misunderstood what strange men with shiny balls meant

Sadly not. We just have different definitions of sex, mystery and glamour.

 

[cronullasharks]

Can you send regular pics of different hotel mini bars please?

Oh god yes

 

[cronullasharks]

To be fair to the place, there is a huge amount of building work going on. A number old shops are having upper floors converted to residential apartments and a large new housing estate is being built on the site of the old civic centre right opposite the park.

There is a big new specialist eye hospital being built on the site of the Vaux brewery and a new pedestrian/cyclist bridge connecting that area with redevelopment going on between the stadium and the river. The new Sheepfold Stables restaurant/bar development has been done to an exceptional standard. We said that it will be worth a visit on our first trip home from our new gaff in Australia (if our conveyancing solicitors ever pull their fingers out)

Where abouts in Aus are you?

 

[Chewbacca]

Where abouts in Aus are you?

Not there yet but will be moving to the Bellarine peninsula in Victoria

 

[cronullasharks]

Not there yet but will be moving to the Bellarine peninsula in Victoria

Had to look up where that was (I'm from NSW). Hope it all goes well for you mate.

 

[carlos21]

Oh god yes

Hiya bro.

 

[cronullasharks]

Hiya bro.

Hey buddy, what's happening?

 

[carlos21]

Hey buddy, what's happening?

Where are you bro.

 

[cronullasharks]

Where are you bro.

Sydney airport now mate

 

[IrishBlue2022]

Trip getting booked tonight for May 2025 with 5 of the mates. Flying into Riga in Latvia and spending a night there, then on to Kaunas in Lithuania for a night, Warsaw for a night and finishing in Berlin for 2 nights.

A change from our annual sun and beach holiday.