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Waverdale Avenue, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4UN

Aerial view taken from 14th Floor of Walkerdene House 1974. Pete Watsons shop visible at top of photograph. Demolition of the end of Philiphaugh just recent and road closed.

On this day the marshalls were looking out for runners and riders on the combined marathon, half marathon and cycle rides from Morpeth via Whitley Bay to Newcastle. The M2N, C2N and N2N events This 'runner' seemed to take so many pictures he was almost last! But first aid wasn't needed.

This sandstone bridge abutment is situated on Neptune Road in Wallsend, and until 1973, carried the North Eastern Railway Riverside Branch.

This is the former River Line Railway, which now forms a very nice walk from Wallsend to Newcastle. At this time of year, in late summer, it's a riot of wild flowers.

Hadrian's Way is the name given to the traffic-free route along the north bank of the Tyne between the western and eastern boundaries of the City of Newcastle. At its eastern end, the Way follows the course of a disused railway. The Way is followed by both Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/ and by route 72 of the National Cycle Network (Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/ and the Tynemouth branch of the C2C Cycle Route http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/ ); although just at this point, where a bridge over the road is missing, the cycleway takes a more circuitous route to avoid the steep drop to the road.