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A gaze across the River Wear in NE England from Wylam Wharf to St Peter's Gate, part of the Sunderland University site on the Monkwearmouth side of the river that includes St Peter's Campus.
St Peter’s Gate is an office space hub for a wide range of start-up businesses, described as being "... situated near St Peter’s Church and surrounded by inspiring views".
In the background, the church with the tall spire is the former Presbyterian church completed in 1892 on the site of an earlier 'Scotch Chapel', built in 1827 by John Dobson.
In fact, the church standing today is often referred to as the 'Scotch Church!'
The final stage of the C2C cycle route down to the seafront at Roker hugs the riverbank, running left to right (I say 'final stage' as the preferred route tends to follow the prevailing wind from west to east).
Notice the parched grassy banks highlighting the absence of any meaningful rain this summer!
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A walk along the River Wear footpath in Sunderland in the warm afternoon sunshine. This section on the north side of the river forms part of the last stage of the C2C cycle route (assuming you're cycling from west to east) and features a number of installations that make up the Wear Sculpture Trail.
With a forecast of more of the same to come, this summer is certainly going to end up in the record books.
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