Contención Island Day 72 outer east - Walking to the sounds of Contención Island Day 72 Wednesday March 17th

The Drive High Street Moorfield Little Moor Jesmond Dene Road Osborne Road Mitchell Avenue North Jesmond Avenue Newbrough Crescent Osborne Road Reid Park Road By a 12th century chapel a place of pilgrimage in St Mary’s name A dell below me is overgrown untended and a riot of birds Against the bright sunlight I see mainly shapes flying in and out Two bursts of a woodpecker’s drum counterpoint to the bin wagon’s slow thumping approach