18 September 2012

80 lbs!!  Another great day!  Even the weather cooperated today.  Yesterday (or so), English Heritage put up a picture of Tynemouth Priory and Castle on their Facebook page; it looked interesting and it's less than 2 hours up the A1, so I thought I'd go check it out.  It was a brilliant day for seaside photographs.  Here are a few of my shots: 

The North Sea, from Tynemouth Priory and Castle:

 

The gatehouse and portcullis

 Tynemouth Priory, with the antennas from the old Coast Guard Station:

 

The Priory

 

The gatehouse

 More of the Priory:

 

Doors to the Percy Chantry:

 

Inside the Percy Chantry, with its Victorian stained glass:

 

Exterior shot of the Percy Chantry:

 Seafront row houses:

 



Too blustery even for the sea gulls:

External view of the gatehouse:

 

There's a little cafe just across the road from Tynemouth Priory and Castle called Mr Woods Coffee.  The coffee is good and today's soup (Malaysian Chicken Soup) was fabulous!  Not exactly diet-friendly, but not too bad either.  It was thickened with potato, so I had to claim a 'lapse'--but it was worth it!  The cakes looked good, too, but I left them alone :-)  I drove thru rain in Durham on the way home but it was still a great day out!

 

I had a massage at the Harrogate Baths tonight--and I finally remembered my camera--so in case you're wondering, there really was a Thomas Crapper!  And he really did manufacture 'valveless flushing toilets'--and sinks, too, apparently.  The things you learn...