blog-header

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Grillust™ Autumn Tour 2011 - Destination No.5


Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Date: Thursday 1 December
Distance from Carlisle: 58 miles
Grillust™ Operative: Tony

Newcastle
Fast Fact 1:
at only 58 miles (1 hr 10 min) this is the shortest leg of the Grillust™ Autumn Tour.

Newcastle Fast Fact 2: many of our students hail from Tyneside but have now become honorary Cumbrians (in an arcane ceremony involving 'gurning' while eating Kendal Mint Cake).

Newcastle Fast Fact 3: former 'magpies' and England forward Peter Beardsley is the grandson of world famous illustrator Aubrey Beardsley. Interestingly they both shared a passion for working in black & white.

0 comments:

Post a Comment