To Whitley Bay
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 9 May 2014 22:57
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To Whitley Bay, Yorkshire
 We left Castle Howard and the lovely grounds to set off for Whitley Bay.
  It was smashing to drive through the
country lanes, passing farmland, pretty villages and
a traditional house or
two.
 Magnificent rapeseed fields, a sight we haven’t seen for many a
year.
  We carried on across country until I
had fun in the tunnel, under the River
Tyne.
 We arrived at the
Royal Hotel, not much to look at from the outside it has to be said. No
parking space was a bit of a shock as it does say there is in their blurb. Oh
well. In I went and did my best whispering. Marie on reception was so very
welcoming. We piled all our stuff inside the door and by the time Bear had
parked the car on a side street, I had found out Marie had trained as a
photographer, great I’ll show her ours for a final person look before the
judges...........Bags all taken up a rabbit warren and many fire doors, we were
delivered to room seventeen.
  Beds was
soon settled, that was, until pictures came out and Marie cast a critical eye. Approved off she went.
 The single
beds in our room soon became a final studio. OK, so the reason we are
here in Whitley Bay rather than me being in a Sanatorium somewhere coughing my
life away. On Sunday morning Bear will take me to Backworth Hall, a couple of
miles away to put ten pictures forward to be presented to five judges, if good
enough will gain me / us (as Bear has been there
each and every step) a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society – LRPS. The
whole process will get its own blog at some point. Thank you to all our
well-wishers.
 The view from our
window
 We found this wonderful
poster from a while ago.
  The view looking left to St Mary’s
Lighthouse and right – delighted to see a chum
for company. Whitley
Bay is located in North
Tyneside, in Tyne and
Wear. It is
located on the north east coast North Sea, and has
a stretch of golden sandy beach. The beach forms a bay stretching from St. Mary's
Island in
the north to Cullercoats in
the south.
Other than move the car when a space out the front
becomes available, the plan is to slack for the rest of today and have a day off
tomorrow. Time for a libation then.........
 ALL IN ALL SET FOR
TATS
MINI-BREAK BY THE
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