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  by MickyMc

  Today my daughter and I went for an adventure. / We jumped on the Metro and went to the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel, pausing briefly to look at…

  Today my daughter and I went for an adventure. / We jumped on the Metro and went to the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel, pausing briefly to look at the statue of the two chubby Vikings in Jarrow town centre. Onwards past the Tyne Tunnel Breather Outlet, and down one of the four longest wooden escalators in the world ; into the wonderful world of the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel. Faded greens, creams, and browns give the place a real earthy feel. The resonance is amazing! / We had fun at the border that wasn’t (In 1974 when Northumberland and Durham were shrunk to create Tyne and Wear, this border ceased to exist! You now have the slight surreal option of being able to jump between County Durham and Northumberland, when in fact their borders are miles away.) / At the other end we climbed the 360 steps of one of the other longest wooden escalator in the world, as it was turned off for maintenance work. We paused for breath, and had a drink of apple juice by the fish sculptures; before walking up to the Gas Training Centre at Howdon, just in time to see the lads going out for their bait, reminding us it was time to go home for ours! / I think it was the fact that my mother used to do things like this with me, filling my head with colourful lasting images from the hidden wonders of the ordinary world; that I love writing, reading, taking photographs, and making music. / The seeds we plant in our children’s minds help them to achieve their potential.