Newcastle, where the sky’s the limit

Football, Europe’s largest indoor shopping centre, roof walks and sandy beaches — Newcastle has it all.

IGNORANCE is a fright — and a delight. I consider myself reasonably well-travelled but never have I thought a trip to Newcastle/Gateshead in the north of England would be a good idea. Ignorance got in the way.

An in-law was known to often quote the line ‘presumption is worse than consumption’ to those who cared to listen, and, while I took it on board, its significance only really sunk in while taking a walk on the Tyne-side recently — except this was no ordinary walk, I was 120ft off the ground on the roof of iconic Sage Gateshead.