Walked this one last Sunday, but only writing it up midweek. I did have schemes to do something later on, but the weather has not been good, so Sunday's walk it is.
Actually, despite a fairly dire weather forecast, Sunday wasn't too bad a day, so I decided to walk to the Bents Park to see the band, vintage cars etc. From Chichester, I walked down Chi Road and along Westoe Road, then up Erskine Road via the footpath where the colliery line was. I gazed at Westoe cemetery where apparently the great and good of South Shields were buried in days gone by. I'm sure there was talk of a cemetery walk at one time but that has all gone quiet. On past Westoe Crown village and into the park.
There were a good number of people there but not near the crowds that a bit of sunshine would have brought. I enjoyed the band and a Minchellas icecream and then browsed the stalls and the vintage buses and cars. There was Punch and Judy too! Still great fun - even with violence is off the bill.
It was then an easy stroll down to the amphitheatre to watch the People's Mission band. Only a few hardy souls sitting around, and I only stayed half an hour before walking along the newly created prom at the beach side. The tide was in and the sea and the beach looked great. Why don't I do this more often, I asked myself yet again. And so, home via Westoe Village.
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