On Friday morning, we drove into town and I jumped off at the station to catch the train direct to Newcastle upon Tyne. Arriving around lunch time, I made my way to the hostel and dropped by bags off. From there, I headed towards the center of town for some sightseeing and to orientate myself.

I started off with the Castle Keep, the Black Gate and then the various bridges over the river Tyne, mainly the Millennium Bridge and the Tyne Bridge. Further out from the city center are the Newcastle City Walls - built around the 13th century and mostly still standing. And then, unique to Newcastle and situated above a door way behind St Nicolas' Cathedral is a strange rabbit gargoyle - no one knows why it's there or how it got there in the first place.

Towards late afternoon, I headed over to the Tate, not so much for the art, but more for the view over the city from the top floor. They did have a Yoko Ono art display on at the time, which I found more weird than interesting. By then it was getting dark, and managed to get some good night pics of the city by night.

Dinner involved some restaurant and some of the Newcastle Brown Ale. The next morning, I started out early and headed out to see the Segedunum which used to be a Roman Fort. The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall (in Wallsend) near the banks of the River Tyne, forming the eastern-most portion of the wall. It was in use as a garrison for approximately 300 years, almost up to 400AD. At the Wallsend Metro stop, all signs are both in English, as well as Latin, which I thought was clever to have kept that.

After the Segedunum, I took the metro over to St James Park stadium and viewed it from the outside only. Then stopped off for some photos of Grey Street in Grainger Town (the heart of Newcastle) - a street often referred to 'one of the finest streets in England'.

That brought an end to my day and a bit in Newcastle. From there, I headed back to the hostel, picked up my bag and made a mission for the train station, and then off to York.