Welcome to the UK!
Yes, for anyone travelling from abroad... A warm welcome and we
hope you enjoy your visit! Why not have a look
at Geocaching North East and
see what we get up to in the North East or visit the north east
tourist website for all the tourist information you'll
need!
Newcastle International Airport
Newcastle airport was build in 1935 and was opened and commissioned
by Sir Phillip
Cunliffe-Lister
(The secretary of state for air at the time) on 26th April.
It was the second largest airport in the North East.
AT the time of building it cost £35,000 and consisted of a Hangar,
a clubhouse, fuel garages, some workshops and 1 Grassy
runway.
Before and during WWII the main air access point to the north east
was located near Cramlington and was mainly military. After the war
the decision was taken to slowly shut down Cramlington airport as
the main airport of the North east and move it's popularity to the
more modern Newcastle. In the early 1950s ex-RAF fighter pilot, Jim
Denyer took over the management of the airport and boosted it's
users to well above 5,000!
Again, in the 60s Passenger numbers went sky bound
(Literally :-D) when foreign holidaying was explored with British
people going for popular destinations like Spain and The channel
Islands instead of holidaying within the UK. Because of this a new
TarMac runway was built and a new Control Tower. This new extension
was opened by the Prime Minister of the time- Harold Wilson. In the
70s passenger numbers were still on the rise
because of this it was upgraded to a 'Category B' airport making it
an RIA (Regional International Airport). After the
70s came the biggest leap to bring in more passengers
until the new Millenium: Duty-free, Cafe's, Fast food and a new
Check-In system. Connections were made in 1991
with it being linked to the rest of the region with the Metro
system.
In the new millennium, the Airport went through
the biggest phase since the original airport; a Huge extension.
With a brand new Check-In hall and Domestic and International desks
separated Check-In was as easy as ever! On top of all of this there
was a brand new terminal building built on the back making it a
HUGE airport. Tony Blair (the Prime Minister of the time)
officially opened it.
The numbers of the airport slowly crept up until it reached a peak
of nearly 6,000,000 users a year in 2006/2007 and it became the
UK's 10th busiest airport.
At this current moment there is a new Airport hotel being built in
addition to the 'Premier Inn' just a stone throw away. As well as a
road straight from the A1 to the airport (bypassing the A696) to
cope with increases in Traffic being talked about. It has also been
considered to link the airport with a High Speed rail network
although this looks unlikely in the foreseeable
future.
The Cache
Please remember this is very close to an airport, although not in
sight, please be careful not to cause attention to yourself. Also
please do not park on the A696!
The cache is a Tupperware box and is divided- trackables and
SWAG.
The cache has been setup to allow an unnofficial 'air portal' for
Trackables to the North East and The UK in general. Please could
you try and help keep the hotel well stocked.
When rehiding please make sure this cache is not see-able from
either way along the path! Thanks!!!
Guest Rules
Could you also help me a wee bit here by making sure you leave the
correct things in the correct sections.
Feel free to keep visiting this hotel and moving trackables in and
out to help them on their missions.2
Happy Hunting! and remember... Drive on the Left ;-P
P.S. Why not grab:
GC1P11Z- 'Still Dangling those Dunlops' by Us 4 and Jess (Great
place for Plane Spotting) Linky
GC2C4J5- 'Time to Fly' by Les Taylors (Nice place for a short
stroll just before or after getting on a long flight
;-P) Linky