June 01, 2010 Cycling View Tyneside Bridges

This is the view I get cycling into town across the Redheugh Bridge on the way  into Newcastle - the eagle eyed will be able to spot in order - The King Edward Bridge, The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, The High Level Bridge, The Swing Bridge, The Tyne Bridge and the Millenium Bridge.

March 28, 2010 Tyne Bridge & Castle Keep

Looking west from the road deck of the Tyne bridge with the Castle keep after which the City is named in the background.
The Castle Keep of Newcastle upon Tyne was built by Henry II between 1168-1178, it is one of the finest surviving examples of a Norman Keep in the country.

It stands within a site that also contains: an early motte and bailey castle built by Robert Curthose, the son of William the Conqueror: an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and a Roman Fort (Pons Aelius).

February 17, 2010 Sage Tricolour

A photograph taken inside the Sage gateshead which has been post processed to create a tricolour image. Visible in the picture are St Nicholas Cathedral, the Castle and the Tyne Bridge dominating the view through the huge Glass front facade.

February 1, 2010 Tyne Bridge Tower

This is not part of the Castle in Newcastle ... It is one of the four support towers on the world famous Tyne bridge built in 1928 & opened by King George V.

The bridge span is 531 feet and the bridge deck sits 84 feet above the river - the bridge weighs in at 7112 tonnes and cost a mere 1.2 Million pound to build.

OH AND MY FAVOURITE FACT - It has 77,124 rivets in it !!

Here's some fascinating pictures of it under construction.

http://www.picturesofgateshead.co.uk/postcards_tyne_bridge_uc/index.html