I've got a cellist!

There was a bit of an ongoing saga with cellists for a while. However, I've found a great one (Lucy) who plays with Methera, an amazing folk string quartet who I saw play in Durham in May. I went down to her place for a rehearsal. She lives near in a gorgeous village about 2 hours away. We spent a great afternoon rehearsing. I'm really looking forward to the recital now.

The train on the way back to Newcastle was delayed an hour due to an 'incident on the track'.

While we were waiting to pull into Newcastle Station I took a photo of the Tyne and its bridges. They are the rail bridge (that I'm on in the train), the Metro bridge with a Metro train on it (local train system (don't say the 't' if you want to sound Gorgie!)), the High Level bridge (which is being upgraded and will be open again in 2 years), the Swing bridge ( a low level bridge that opens to let ships through), a bridge that has a similar design to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but much smaller, and the Millenium Bridge (a pedestrian bridge tha 'tilts' to let ships under. This photo is looking out to the east, towards the Coast. You can just see (almost) the silvery arched roof of The Sage on the right bank, (where I'll be doing my recital).