Category: North East Days Out
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Seaton Delaval Hall – A North East National Trust Day Out
After a massive Sunday lunch at the Astley Arms in Seaton Sluice, we decided to stop by at Seaton Delaval Hall to burn off a few of those roasties. Although, from the photos it looks cold it was a perfect Autumn afternoon, with a slight breeze in the air but still warm enough to be…
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Sunday Lunch at the Astley Arms, Seaton Sluice
We have started on a mission now. Finding the North East’s Best Sunday Lunch. Who would have thought there was so much variety in the same set up of ingredients. Meat, Vegetables, Yorkshire Pudding, and gravy. Today we went back to a Carvery Lunch we used to go to a few years ago to see…
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Singalonga Beauty and the Beast at the Customs House
Its no secret that the Hooper household are big Disney fans. When we saw that the Customs House in South Shields was showing a special Singalonga ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on a Sunday afternoon we were keen to head along. The girls still haven’t got over my rendition of the Katy Perry song ‘Chained to…
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A Cheeky Zapatista!
We’d been invited to the Basketball Game as guests of Zapatista this Friday. For the past 39 years I really thought I didn’t like sports, but after watching 4 games with Newcastle Eagles, I think I’ve been converted. With tip off at 7:30pm we had a tight schedule with sorting out a meal. So, we…
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Evan’s Bistro – A Family Sunday Lunch in Whitley Bay
We were looking for some where different to go for a Sunday roast dinner. For some reason we always seem to miss out the coast. Which is a shame as the Tynemouth Market, Fish Quay, Whitley Bay Sea Front, there is lots to do and you could easily fill in a day. Anyway, we had…
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Newcastle Eagles kicks off BBL Championship 2017 season
Friday night and excitement was in the air in the Hooper household. Thanks to Northern Print solutions we were heading to the Newcastle Eagles first home game of the season in the BBL Championship league. The girls changed into their sports gear and tracked down the foam finger from the 2016 season-which I’m sure is…
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Passport to Adventure : Disney on Ice
I probably start all Disney based posts with this line… As huge Disney fans we couldn’t resist the chance to go and see Disney on Ice’s current touring show, Passport to Adventure. Last year we went to see Frozen on Ice and loved it. This show was to Feature 4 classic Disney stories and lots of…
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A Day of Discovery at RSPB Saltholme
The journey towards Teeside from Newcastle takes us along the A1 and across on the A689. Both roads are pretty uneventful. You get used to the beautiful scenery we have in the North East and take it for granted. Hills, fields, trees, dual carriageway embankments and the occasional flyover! It sort of becomes part of…
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Autumn Book Recommendations
You know the Summer is nearly over when the nights start drawing in and it’s dark at 8pm!! As sad as that is it’s also nice to get in from home and chill out with a good book. No need to feel guilty about not making the most of a nice sunny night. Here’s a…
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1867 at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House
After a crazy busy day at my day job helping the new university ‘Fresher’s’ with all manor of random queries such from the mundane ‘Where can I buy ziplock bags?‘ to the more serious ‘What happens if I’ve missed my induction?‘ I was really looking forward to a Monday night out at the Tyne Theatre…