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The Road to Whitley Bay<\/h2>

I\u2019m pedalling again and it\u2019s strange without Den
But here\u2019s where the mystery thickens
It\u2019s not his bad knee or a spat with me
He\u2019s just feeding his neighbour\u2019s chickens.<\/p>

So I\u2019ll join Tim\u2019s crew who out of the blue
Are cycling as far as Dundee
They\u2019d an evening of quiet, missed the Hartlepool riot,
Hope to meet them at Tynemouth for tea.<\/p>

The train runs to plan, but of course it\u2019s rammed
Cause the one before got canned
At the toon I\u2019m straight through, on seventy-two
A route that\u2019s familiar but grand<\/p>

Tynemouth is Iron Age, says its history page
And I really should stop at the Priory
But my primary wish is Longsands\u2019 Fish
Such joy when the girls were at uni<\/p>

In 1639 came Cullercoats\u2019 mine
Saltpans and fishing the main proclivities
But 12th century Whitley grew more quickly
Profiting from Crusaders\u2019 activities<\/p>

You wouldn\u2019t think that Whitley could be confused with nearby Whitby
But a corpse was sent there wrongly all the same
This was just the final straw, so the locals fixed the flaw
By voting to add \u201cBay\u201d to the name<\/p>

It is glorious all the way and when I get to Whitley Bay
I\u2019m looking for a Spanish City up above
Not Bilbao nor Pamplona, not Madrid nor Barcelona
But the one featured in Tunnel of Love\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Per Mark Knopfler<\/h2>

And now I’m searching through
these carousels and carnival arcades
Searching everywhere
from Steeplechase to Palisades
And any shooting gallery
where promises are made
To Rockaway, Rockaway
Rockaway, Rockaway
From Cullercoats and Whitley Bay
Out to Rockaway.
And girl it looks so pretty to me
Like it always did
Like the Spanish City to me
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Newcastle to Dundee (1 – 8 August 2024) The Road to Whitley Bay I\u2019m pedalling again and it\u2019s strange without DenBut here\u2019s where the mystery thickensIt\u2019s not his bad knee or a spat with meHe\u2019s just feeding his neighbour\u2019s chickens. So I\u2019ll join Tim\u2019s crew who out of the blueAre cycling as far as DundeeThey\u2019d … Continue reading “Newcastle to Dundee”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8817,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12089","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nCogitations - Newcastle to Dundee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Per Mark KnopflerAnd now I'm searching through\u000bthese carousels and carnival arcades\u000bSearching everywhere\u000bfrom Steeplechase to Palisades\u000bAnd any shooting gallery\u000bwhere promises are made\u000bTo Rockaway, Rockaway\u000bRockaway, Rockaway\u000bFrom Cullercoats and Whitley Bay\u000bOut to Rockaway.\u000bAnd girl it looks so\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/britain\/newcastle-to-dundee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cogitations - Newcastle to Dundee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Per Mark KnopflerAnd now I'm searching through\u000bthese carousels and carnival arcades\u000bSearching everywhere\u000bfrom Steeplechase to Palisades\u000bAnd any shooting gallery\u000bwhere promises are made\u000bTo Rockaway, Rockaway\u000bRockaway, Rockaway\u000bFrom Cullercoats and Whitley Bay\u000bOut to Rockaway.\u000bAnd girl it looks so\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/britain\/newcastle-to-dundee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cogitation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-01T10:33:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/map41-rrp8h21498v6vepmegbji6odblursx29zoduslbiq0.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\\\/demo\\\/cogitations\\\/britain\\\/newcastle-to-dundee\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\\\/demo\\\/cogitations\\\/britain\\\/newcastle-to-dundee\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cogitations - Newcastle to Dundee\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\\\/demo\\\/cogitations\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\\\/demo\\\/cogitations\\\/britain\\\/newcastle-to-dundee\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\\\/demo\\\/cogitations\\\/britain\\\/newcastle-to-dundee\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\\\/demo\\\/cogitations\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/elementor\\\/thumbs\\\/map41-rrp8h21498v6vepmegbji6odblursx29zoduslbiq0.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-10T12:08:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-01T10:33:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"Per Mark KnopflerAnd now I'm searching through these carousels and carnival arcades Searching everywhere from Steeplechase to Palisades And any shooting gallery where promises are made To Rockaway, Rockaway Rockaway, Rockaway From Cullercoats and Whitley Bay Out to Rockaway. 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