Le Tour for Gateshead/Northumberland?

[AndyRM]

Cruddas park, chortle.

They view laughter as a sign of weakness there.

 

[Aperitif]

Cruddas park, chortle.

threemodelsmcginty - the man who put Das in Cruddas. Is that where the maillot jaune will blend with the pantalons jaunes on the park benches, or is it posh there?

 

[Fnaar]

[QUOTE 3332946, member: 259"]"Cruddas Park" it sounds lovely. Is there a crown green bowling pitch and an ornamental fountain? [/QUOTE]
There's room for them...

 

[AndyRM]

[QUOTE 3332946, member: 259"]"Cruddas Park" it sounds lovely. Is there a crown green bowling pitch and an ornamental fountain? [/QUOTE]

They would be swiftly liberated.

I don't know if Newcastle College still own a block there, but whoever decided that sticking a bunch of freshers in an area which houses rehabilitating violent offenders seriously needs a word with themselves.

We ended up calling Friday 'Hammers on Chains Night' such was the ferocity of the battles witnessed from my flat in The Pines.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...in The Pines.

In The Pines, in The Pines where the sun never shines and you shiver when the cold wind blows...

 

[AndyRM]

In The Pines, in The Pines where the sun never shines and you shiver when the cold wind blows...

Accurate. But they missed the part about the building rocking in the wind due to being made out of string and hope.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Accurate. But they missed the part about the building rocking in the wind due to being made out of string and hope.

That verse didn't make the cut.

 

[AndyRM]

That verse didn't make the cut.

Probably for the best. I'm glad they left out the bit about the pub in the shopping centre as well. Nobody would have come out of that with any sort of dignity.

 

[albion]

"it would be out of the scope of Gateshead Council so we’d have to be looking at this with Northumberland and Durham."
Yes, obviously the favoured routes would encompass all three. But I do wonder if they could not both save money and have an inaugural Womens TDF start here?

One thing for sure, if it happens I'll likely reccy the route half a dozen or so times beforehand.

 

[Bollo]

At school (Duchess' County High School, Alnwick) we used to call the kids from Wooler sheep-sh@ggers. Mind you, they reckoned that us lot buggered kippers, so I guess honours even.

 

[Andy_R]

At school (Duchess' County High School, Alnwick) we used to call the kids from Wooler sheep-sh@ggers. Mind you, they reckoned that us lot buggered kippers, so I guess honours even.

Somebody must bugger kippers, the way they end up looking.

 

[Archie_tect]

...and why they smell like that.

 

[0lonerider]

erm cruddas park has been renamed! its called tyne view now! my avator is erm! le tyneview.

 

[AndyRM]

erm cruddas park has been renamed! its called tyne view now! my avator is erm! le tyneview.

I heard they'd gone for Riverside Dene?

To be fair, last time I cycled through it looked like they'd smartened the place up a bit. Still, I reckon it's a far cry from the "city in the sky" that Mr Smith had in mind...

This thread makes me proud to be an honorary Geordie. Bestiality, Cruddas Park, fights... Genuinely glorious. To complete our efforts can someone put up a picture of that bloke kissing that bird's arse?

 

[0lonerider]

le riverside dene! still says cruddaspark on the street signs! its just the same as it was years ago!
scottswood rd wouldbe good for tt though.