inner southwest 1 minute The Drive Leslie Crescent Bushes soften alleyway bricks a child cries
inner southwest 1 minute The Drive Leslie Crescent Bushes soften alleyway bricks a child cries
inner northwest 2 minutes The Poplars High Street Elmfield Road North Avenue Green and blue bins in a back-alley Ivy drapes the wall Pigeons peck at the cobbles two display one is lame
outer southwest 6 minutes The Drive Moor Place Woodlands Woodlands Avenue Westfield Grandstand Road Back on rough grass a lark sings beneath the wind Distant figures insect small a lone runner strides The smooth horizon north prickles with buildings in the south
inner west 16 minutes The Poplars High Street Elmfield Road North Avenue A slate slipped from a ridge lies in the garage gutter A man with two dogs curious stops to talk The song of the reversing ambulance echoes along the avenue Marks on the window frame beneath the eaves possibility of a nest
outer north 12 minutes The Poplars High Street Salters Road Elsdon Road Henry Street Hedley Terrace Tucked into the laurel as the rain begins to the chat of sparrows On the seventh floor workmen shout as they hand down planks On a far skyline jackdaws dot and shuffle
outer east 3 minutes The Drive Moor Crescent Moorfield Little Moor Jesmond Dene Road Osborne Road Mitchell Avenue North Jesmond Avenue Newbrough Crescent Osborne Road St Georges Close Tidying up the courts a steady drone from over the broken-down fence A remembrance garden crucifix gazes down
outer southwest 8 minutes The Drive Moor Place Woodlands Woodlands Avenue Westfield Grandstand Road A lark sings from an unseen perch somewhere in the rough grass The squall hits a chocolate labrador comes to explore Crows criss-cross the grassland below me
outer southwest 12 minutes The Drive Moor Place Woodlands Woodlands Avenue Westfield Grandstand Road Down the hill down the wind comes the traffic noise From nowhere golden plover lift a skylark and then the merlin
inner west 7 minutes The Drive Two runners two cars one plane In the sunshine a blue tit calls and a nuthatch responds Pushed by tree roots the kerb stones billow down the street
outer southeast 1 minute The Drive Moor Crescent Moorfield Highbury Oakland Road Sparrows delight in the hedge and a rotted board in the eaves