HIGH FIVE

The Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle are showing a season of nostalgic films from the 90's so a few weeks ago I checked the website and found 3 films I wanted to see.  Today was the first one - Forrest Gump.  Originally released in 1994 it won six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Tom Hanks. 

Its Newcastle Pride weekend so I got to town early to see what was happening.  Newcastle is always busy on a Saturday but today it was extra lively and packed with colourful characters .You can see one of them in my blip.  I would have liked to have got a better shot but they were across the road --- and moving fast.  ( Ive added an Extra of a better photo of this chap which I found online  )  There were lots of stalls set up near Greys Monument and music was playing. Ive added an Extra of a couple of " Dancing Flower Men ".. 

The film started at 2.30pm and I got to the cinema in good time. There were only about a dozen people in the audience.  Haven't been to the cinema for ages and I had forgotten there would be so many adverts before the film.  Half an hour of adverts....... annoying.  I really enjoyed the film.  Ive seen it before of course but there's a lot going on and I had forgotten bits of it. 

Came out of the cinema around 5.10pm and town was a lot quieter.  All the stalls were getting packed away and the streets were back to normal. There was a big event this evening at The Northern Pride Arena so I guess that's where everyone was ....... and the fun will continue tomorrow as well.  Did a quick shop in Tesco before getting the bus home.

The weather today was very warm and muggy.  Rain was forecast for late in the day but it never happened.

Steps today - 6,273