{"id":4996,"date":"2015-03-14T11:50:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T11:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4996"},"modified":"2015-03-14T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T11:50:10","slug":"a-souvenir-of-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/a-souvenir-of-sunderland","title":{"rendered":"A Souvenir of Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we set off early for a gig at Sunderland Empire &#8211; with the intention of enjoying the beach, maybe popping to the Angel of the North or Penshaw Monument.<\/p>\n<p>The weather had different ideas &#8211; it was grim, cold and grey. So we did a pub lunch instead &#8211; then went to Roker Beach in Sunderland to see if there was anything worth looking at.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what we found&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/025-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"025 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/025-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/025-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/024-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/024-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"024 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/024-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/024-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/023-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/023-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"023 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/023-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/023-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/038-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/038-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"038 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/038-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/038-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/037-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/037-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"037 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/037-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/037-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/036-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/036-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"036 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/036-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/036-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/035-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/035-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"035 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/035-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/035-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/034-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/034-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"034 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/034-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/034-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/033-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/033-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"033 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/033-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/033-CBB-sunderland-empire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/032-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/032-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"032 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/032-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/032-CBB-sunderland-empire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"031 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/030-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/030-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"030 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/030-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/030-CBB-sunderland-empire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/029-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/029-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"029 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/029-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/029-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/028-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/028-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"028 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/028-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/028-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/027-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/027-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg\" alt=\"027 CBB sunderland empire\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/027-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/027-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some lovely colours in litter &#8211; goes well with beach pebbles and sand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we set off early for a gig at Sunderland Empire &#8211; with the intention of enjoying the beach, maybe popping to the Angel of the North or Penshaw Monument. The weather had different ideas &#8211; it was grim, cold and grey. So we did a pub lunch instead &#8211; then went to Roker Beach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_22977785_22977785":"","facebook_10157410341118549_123005067715685":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-musings","category-photography"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/011-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg",1000,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/011-CBB-sunderland-empire-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/011-CBB-sunderland-empire-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/011-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg",1000,667,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/011-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg",1000,667,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/011-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg",1000,667,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/011-CBB-sunderland-empire.jpg",1000,667,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"McFade","author_link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"So we set off early for a gig at Sunderland Empire &#8211; with the intention of enjoying the beach, maybe popping to the Angel of the North or Penshaw Monument. 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