5 half-term treats in the North-east this month.1 JUICE - NewcastleGateshead Festival for Children and Young People, Oct 22 to Nov 8. Details 0191 277 8000 or www.newcastlegateshead.co.uk XPERIENCE 09 - Oct 24-25. 2 Extreme sports extreme sports Sports events characterized by high speed or high risk. Such sports include aggressive inline skating, wakeboarding, street luge, skateboarding, and freestyle bicycle events (wherein tricks such as back flips are performed on a bicycle). action features BMX BMX abbr. bicycle motocross BMX Noun 1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle 2. , in-line skating, surfing and snow sports at Tynemouth. Tel: 0191 643 7409, www.xperience08.com 3 SPOOKY WOODLAND WALKS - Oct 25. Scary stories from around the world at Killhope Mining Museum. Further information: Tel: 01388 537505, www.killhope.org.uk PUMPKIN WEEK - Oct 26-30. 4 5 Halloween themed family activities at Gibside, Tyne And Wear Tyne and Wear, former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, . Tel: 01207 541820, www.nationaltrust.org.uk HALLOWEEN RIDE - Oct 30. Follow the ghosts on horseback at Hamsterley Forest. Call Sue Gulliver on 01388 718586 or visit www.hamsterleyridingassociation.org.uk |
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