While based in Glasgow I took the train down to Newcastle to meet some friends. I met Stu and Ben at a hostel in Budapest in 2007 and couldn't resist their young, British charms. Well I could, and I did, but we had fun anyways in the baths of Budapest and the nightclubs of Prague. Newcastle was much more beautiful and charming than I expected and we had a great lads weekend spiced up with the lovely Laura. Go to Newcastle to see the architecture and the history and the football but also go to bare witness to a truly fascinating species. The young women of the north have evolved and adapted to the usually cold and wet climate by wearing an armor of the shortest skirts, the tiniest tops and the highest heels I have ever seen. It is truly a sight to behold. Go early, before they fall over.