Last Friday Ishbel and Alastair and I collected my old friend Graham/DJ from St.Andrew's University days and headed down to Durham's cricket ground at Chester-le-Street for the Natwest Blast T20 cricket match between Durham and Lancashire. On the way down we stopped off at a section of Hadrian's Wall at Birdoswald Roman Fort. We stayed overnight in a Premier Inn on the edge of Durham and returned home the next day via The Angel of The North, Newcastle and a lunch stop in Berwick-upon-Tweed.  |
| Graham watches Ishbel & Alastair scaling the 2,000yr old stretch of Hadrian's Wall at Birdoswald Roman Fort |
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| Echoes of the Pictish & Scottish invaders who would have tried to cross the wall after its construction |
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| Ishbel |
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| Lunch stop in the courtyard at the visitor centre cafe |
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| Border country |
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| At the Emirates Riverside Arena, Chester-le-Street we were festooned with freebie hats, pendants, 4/6 placards & blow-up cricket bats |
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| Skydiver jump out of a light aircraft above the ground before the match kicks off |
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| Fireworks herald the players onto the pitch |
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| Emirates had promised a free flight to Dubai for the 1st person to catch a 6 wearing an Emirates hat so all big hits were followed with excited anticipation |
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| These guys drank beer & watched the entire game from a pitch-side hot tub |
Attempted catch of the match! (<---press link for video clip)
Highlight of the match!
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| The Angel of the North |
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| Driving through the centre of Newcastle |
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| Lunch stop in Berwick-upon-Tweed |
