Posted by Andy “Formerly Wee Bairn” Bell
After Scotland, of which more in the near future, it was time to head south to another one of my old stomping grounds.
A knight out in Sunderland
For eighteen months I lived on Wearside, that is the area around Sunderland in the North East of England.
That was a time long, long ago.
Andy @ Trafalgar Square, Sunderland
Anyhoo, the town is a cheese and onion toastie’s throw away from Newcastle.
And all around are former mining & industrial communities which have their very own way of doing things.
They are close-knit and proud.
This is the land of the Geordie and I, to my mother’s chagrin spoke like a native thanks to the fellow travellers on the “Scholars Bus” to Silksworth County Infants School. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie)
I had my linguistic chops re-educated under the tutelage on my mother.
There is much about this part of world that is to relish … another blog on that soon.
As for the 29th of September, it, needless to say it, was a thrill to share the air with Hikaru and Michael @ TFC Central… we usually sit around a dining table.
And after that it was off for my spot of footy.
Not quite the Grand Final, it’s the clash of the day between the Bedlington Terriers (http://www.bedlingtonterriersfc.com/) and Team Northumbria.
As luck (or fate) would have it, the cheer for Bedlington is “Woof, woof”.
Loving them Terriers already … & they won 5-1 !
As for the Grand Finals … up is down, marshmallows are frying pans and that is exactly how I like it.
Lovely part of the world