Summer Walk, Ouseburn & Quayside - Tuesday 7th August 2018.

             

The Camera Club Summer Walks programme continued on Tuesday 7th August as members met on the Newcastle Quayside
for walk number Six. Leaving the Cycle Hub car park, the group headed north into the Ouseburn Valley and then followed the
riverside footpath from the Tyne Pub to the Byker Farm. A tributary of the River Tyne, the Ouse Burn flows through the valley
and it has a fascinating history at the heart of this once heavy industrial area. Over the last ten years the gradual regeneration
of the riverside has seen it develop into a creative hub as derelict factories, old warehouses and run down properties have been
turned into artists studios, galleries, workshops, music venues, micro breweries and eateries.

           

Throughout the walk we came across graffiti, stunning murals, temporary sculptures, quirky artworks and hidden corners that
had to be photographed. On the west side of the burn we passed the site of the old lead works that is now a Community Farm
and The Cluny bar & music venue that was once a flax spinning mill and later the home of a bottling plant for a Scotch whisky
called " The Cluny ".

             

We continued along Lime street to Byker Bank before joining City Road. This took us west past St Ann's Church and down to
Newcastle Crown Court next to the River Tyne. Views of the Tyne bridges, Baltic, Sage and a performance of the Great Exhibition
of the North Water Sculpture were all captured before we returned east along the quayside to complete our circular route.

Davy Bolam.