May as well be in Scotland

Hello all!

Hope you all had a good Easter (or just Bank Holiday weekend) I had a lovely but tiring time as I was stuck cooking for everyone. I ate waaaaay too much, and have been regretting it for days now. Have to be good now though as have an op coming up & need to be fighting fit for it!

The really sucky thing about uni ending is that all your friends move all over the country. The good thing is that you get to go to places you'd never normally go to visit them.

Classic example was a few weeks ago I went seriously up North to see my friend who has moved to Carlisle. Unfortunately I had to go on a Virgin train (seriously have they ever not been delayed), but at least they have chargers so I could entertain myself for hours on end.

Carlisle is definitely somewhere I would never have gone without a reason, but it's a really cute town (wait. Is it a city? I have such a warped view on qualifies a city status coming from central London. I think everywhere is a town!). It's a really cute town, and everyone speaks with a Scottish accent, which is slightly surreal! There's not much to do there so my friend suggested we go on a day trip to Newcastle. 

I was expecting a quick jaunt, but it took 90 minutes each way! (that's like my friend coming to see me in London, and I take them to Brighton, mental). And we went there on the ricketiest little train that was absolutely crammed. But bonus was that it took us past the Angel of the North! Newcastle is a lovely town, we walked along the Tyne & went to the Baltic Centre. I  had a lovely time but bloody hell there are a lot of stairs. We had to run to make it to a train, & I had to go up & down at least 4 sets of stairs. And all the girls there were in full on stilettos, how on earth did they manage that?

So here are a few snaps (would be more but  spend quite a lot of my time tipsy - Seriously we arrived went straight to Tesco & spent over £80.)

Carlisle Citadel, Carlisle's Gay Bar!, Newcastle Baltic Centre, River Tyne

Newcastle Opera House, Millennium Bridge, I can't remember! Never ending staircases!

I can't wait to go back up again, for more drunken frivolities!

What do you recommend next time I go up North?

Kat x

Pictures my own or from here