500 Saturdays: Nomad Diary

Coast of North Sea at South Shields Coast of South Shields looking toward Tynemouth ruins. Saturday Activities. 3. Today I want to go back to South Shields and tell Darrell. I want to go to a restaurant for lunch that doesn’t open until 1pm that we saw on Friday while there. It’s called Italianish Spanish, and the menu looked really nice with vegetable options. So we decide to go later and start with lunch then walk south along the coast, but not overdo ourselves. Lunch was really good and our walk brought us to some scenic rocky coastline. It was a nice slow day for us. I did some wash today that I have to hang dry over two days so that it’s ready to pack on Monday morning when we travel to Edinburgh. Week’s Highlights. Walking the mile long pier at South Shields. Darrell's ahead with his red backpack. At the South Shields lighthouse Kids watching the ferry come into North Shields.  Friday. 2. Today we take the short walk...

Train travel Milton Keynes to London. London to Newcastle. First class today with a little extra room and served drinks, sandwiches and snacks. A street in North Shields  Calamari appetizer  Ate dinner here in North Shields    Saturday Activities. 27. We leave our house sit house all cleaned up. We are all packed up and going on a train trip from MK to London; change trains to Newcastle. On the train, we passed by some towns that I wanted to go to: York and Durham. I was sitting next to a man and Darrell across, who in talking to him I found out so much about his life. He is Tom, a retired plumber from near North Shields. I found out that he has a 91 year old mother in law that owns a Mobile home park that he and his wife manage and care for even though his MIL thinks she is still in charge. Tom told me so much about different areas that was really helpful, and he also told me some memories from his childhood. When the ...