Enjoying the sun in the beautiful North East
SINCE March, we’ve known that this summer was going to be a strange one. The coronavirus pandemic means many of us won’t be spending the warm weather with the people we usually would.
It also means many of us won’t be able to visit somewhere hotter, unless the travel rules change in the next few weeks.
The good news is that there are few better places to spend a sunny day than the North East.
We don’t get much of it here and we know how to make the most of it when we do, as these pictures from down the years show.
This week looks set to be the hottest of the year so far, with temperatures expected to get into the high 20 and the good weather stretching into the weekend.
Many of us might have been eyeing up the beer garden under usual circumstances, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t countless beauty spots, beaches and parks to while away these long, sunny days in.
Newcastle itself is blessed with green outdoor space. Leazes Park and Exhibition spread for miles and just beyond it lies the biggest open space in any city in the UK: the Town Moor.
And now that rules on travel have been relaxed, we can head off to the countryside or our gorgeous beaches too.
The Chronicle’s archives are stacked with pictures of people enjoying the weather outside, proving that up here we know it is a sin to waste a hot day.
Some of the sights are familiar but others less so. Who remembers the Brandling Park lido?
The outdoor swimming pool in Jesmond park is long gone, much like the one at Tynemouth, and I bet there are a fair few out there who could do with a dunk in this heat.