punch a police horse

lift weights near the shore

wear almost no clothing in sub-zero temps and eat cheesy chips

Go surfing at Long Sands

get pissed in a trebles bar

Metro from the city to Tynemouth/Whitley Bay, walk to the other, Metro back.

the no coat thing is to avoid the faff with a coatroom check

I have never understood why southerners find this bemusing

I have never understood why southerners find this bemusing
 

• Weak of mind
• Weak of body 
• Weak of spirit

Go to the Hancock museum or the Laing art gallery (if you like that sort of thing)

Or the Baltic I guess

Pint in Wylam brewery 

thx, will add these

have u ever dined at Long Friday?

centre for life sposed to be alright and right by station

house of tides good for dinner

the baltic flour mills and the sage

coffee on the quayside

is the fossilised tree still in the foyer of the hancock museum? Haven’t been for 30yrs

go and hang out on the uni campus (right in the centre) for coffee and some dark academia people watching

also like chimp’s suggestion re getting out to the coast - good fish and chips

heh@ dark academia people watching

have u ever dined at Long Friday?
 

no actually though I’ve been to the place next door a few times

is the fossilised tree still in the foyer of the hancock museum?
 

good q, haven’t been for a while myself and I can’t remember tbh

House of Tides is very good but depends if you’re alone or not - long tasting menu, might be a bit much to do on your own

Long Friday is really good - if you like the whole small plates thing. Otherwise try Cookhouse down in Ouseburn which is the same woman (Anna Hedworth)

I think the place next to Long Friday (Bistro 46) has closed

Deffo Wylam Brewery 

Grainger Market is worth looking into for lunch, lots of decent little places.

Peace & Loaf also good for a tasting menu if you are in Jesmond

Northern Rye in Ouseburn for the best baked goods

What chimp said re the Grainger Market. Snack Wallah, Dumpling & Bun.

Breakfast @ Burds (you will be quite close to where I live tho so beware) or Aidans Kichen 

Not House of Tides - too much fannying about with the tasting menu. Trakol on the Gateshead side is a good shout and you get a view of the Toon. For a curry go Sachins. Stowell Street is great for Chinese food and there is the odd Korean and Japanese restaurant.

For a pub crawl wander over to Ouseburn for the Free Trade, the Tyne Bar and the Cumberland Arms

Free Trade is a great pub.

"Oh like the Spanish City to me
When we were kids"

Ouseburn pub crawl is a gr8 idea

Next to Trakol is a street food market - hwkrmarket? - at weekends if it’s a nice day

Scream for Pizza slices down on the Quayside 

If you want Asian food I would go to Chilli Padi, and for curry Dabbawal 

Baltic, Sage and Trakol are in Gateshead not Newcastle 

Have a little fishy when the boat comes in

Baltic, Sage and Trakol are in Gateshead not Newcastle 
 

only just!

Is the no coat thing up North and in Scotland a class thing or are the middle classes equally like to freeze their nuts off?

It’s exaggerated or historic. It’s Baltic here atm and everyone has a coat on.

Druridge Bay is one of my most favourite places. (Random and unhelpful thought of the day.)

Of course!  That's the way we roll   Don't forget a Friday night out at the Bigg Market