Favourite on the Tyne

Former seine net fishing boat Favourite at Newcastle quayside

Turning away from the pontoon .....

..... & heading under the Millennium bridge

A view back up river over the Favourite's wake

The derelict former Hawthorn Leslie yard at Hebburn

Peter at the helm

At Tyne Dock, loading Nissan cars .....

..... offloading containers .....

..... & a bulk cargo

The remains of Harton high staiths on the left, a rig accommodation module on the right

The former Harton low staiths in the middle, surrounded by the ferry landing bridge, the Word, BT offices, ASDA & the Customs House

North East Maritime Trust, home of boats such as Favourite

Pride of the Tyne approaching North Shields ferry landing

A DFDS ferry tied up for the duration of Covid

Angela in the wheelhouse

Bases for marine wind turbines under construction at Wallsend

Tree covered Jarrow site of the pre 1930s P&JR staiths, with the successor Bowes staiths jetty on the right

A&P at Hebburn, originally the site of Robert Stephenson's engine works

The empty Swan Hunter site, with the Segedunum viewing platform behind

Shepherd Offshore cable loading quay .....

..... with a dredger at work

Up river, the cable development & production site

On the opposite bank, the former Pelaw Main staiths at Bill Quay

Akzo Nobel / International paint plant on the south bank

Looking up river, Friars Goose slipway on the left, St Peter's Basin on the right

A kittiwake nesting site in full occupation

The Ouseburn gut

Baltic on the left, but the Millennium bridge is closed

With the bridge tilted (Sage on the left) .....

..... we head under

The bridge tilts back behind us

Some Newcastle-Gateshead Bridges
Tyne (1928), Swing (1876), High Level (1849), Queen Elizabeth II (1981)

Preparing to tie up to the pontoon