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TALL SHIPS REGATTA AT THE COMMISSIONERS QUAY INN, BLYTH


Over the Bank Holiday weekend some of the largest and most spectacular ships in the world arrived into the Port of Blyth in Northumberland for a four day North Sea Tall Ships Regatta in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Tall Ships Races.


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housands of visitors flocked to the North East coast to enjoy 1.5 miles of live music, food stalls and, of course, the opportunity to see some of the most famous


vessels in the world. Never one to pass up the opportunity to celebrate how


fabulous the North East is I popped to Blyth late on the Saturday afternoon to enjoy the last of the sunshine with my friend Sam. The beautiful boats decked out in colourful bunting stretched the length of Blyth quayside and we had a lovely walk soaking up the atmosphere and trying to take the perfect boat selfie. I have always loved being by the water and admiring boats so


was excited to receive a special invitation from the Commissioners Quay Inn to enjoy the Tall Ships Regatta from one of their VIP rooms that offered great views across the water from a private balcony. The Commissioners Quay Inn is a brand new pub, restaurant


and inn overlooking the historic Blyth quayside. The pub is huge with plenty of seating and a welcoming atmosphere and serves up home-cooked pub grub (which in all honesty is my favourite kind of food!) Its position by the water makes it the perfect stop off


for families, cyclist, walkers and holidaymakers and if you love it so much that you don’t want to leave there are 40 ensuite bedrooms offering comfortable accommodation and the perfect base to explore the region (you can even book yourself into a room with a beautiful balcony just like the one we had!) Having studied the menu pretty carefully before arriving I was


pretty keen to sample some of the food on offer so was thrilled when we were treated to some afternoon tea in our room. As we all know, afternoon tea is one of the greatest joys in life and having munched my way through a lot in my time I am not easy to impress! The spread was delicious with freshly made sandwiches and


generous slabs of cake. It was the mammoth scones topped with greedy amounts of jam and cream that had my eyes popping out of my head though. All thoughts of my carefully applied lipstick flew out of the window as soon as I had one of these beauties in my hand, I wolfed it down in record time and it was so good! After those epic scones it’s safe to say I’ll definitely be returning


to the Commissioners Quay Inn with Simon very soon, I’ve spotted some sundaes on the dessert menu that I know he’ll love.


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