Journal Organized Konfusion's Journal: Touring the UK 4
Well last week I got to see the North East, an area of the country which I have always imagined to be run down and crappy.
I was pleasantly surprised, I'm sure there are run down parts of these cities but the centers were very nice.
1. Started from Leicester
2. Harrowgate
-- There was a large show called the "Great Yorkshire Show" and this really held us up. Didn't get to look around much.
3. Darlington
4. Durham
-- Wow, this place is really nice, full of tourists, loads of great scenery and worth visiting.
5. Sunderland
6. Gateshead
7. Newcastle
-- Stayed the night here and had a mash up, I was really shocked by how friendly people were here compared to the south.
8. Middlesborough
-- Very nice city for shopping, not too crowded and not too big. also loads of clubs
9. Scarborough
-- Full of old people, we stayed the night here and the hotel was exactly like fawlty towers!!
10. York
-- Nice historic town
11. Leeds
-- Much bigger than I thought it would be and very cosmopolitan.
12. Wakefield
-- Not much to say about here.
Re:mash up (Score:2)
Mash Up
stolen from urban dictionary!
Durham & York (Score:2)
York was too blatantly touristy for me, though.
Newcastle, at that time, was still very down on its luck (this was early 1994) and a real shithole. We were there to go to Jarrow for Bede's old church, and it was a harrowing experience...really hated that city. (We stayed at the hostel, which was an utter nightmare.) Though I've heard that Newcastle has improved dramatically since...
I agree, though, I prefer the North to anywhe
I am flying out to ireland on monday (Score:2)