Old Hartley

We walked down to the White Water centre to take a closer look at the barrage which is built across the Tees where the A19 crosses the river. Then across the river to the Teeside shopping complex where we had a coffee and brownie at the Hotel Chocolat shop. The M&S was huge with massive queues at every checkout. Must be the only one for miles.

The drive up to Newcastle did not take long on the A19 and Tyne Tunnel. We were parked up at Cullacotes to have a look at the beaches and decided to have lunch at what looked like a typical beach cafe. It was actually a very nice restaurant and the tempura fish sharing platter was excellent.

We were finally pitched up overlooking the St Mary Island lighthouse by about 4:30. The weather has been really good. The sea is flat calm and it's even sitting out weather until sunset.