Saturday 10 April 2010

campaign day 5 - Prudhoe days


Lunch at the legendary Piccola restaurant on Front Street in Prudhoe.
A team of 18 canvassed all over Prudhoe for the day; highlight was watching young Ben Brown [Ponteland High School's star runner] being pursued by a large labrodoodle dog in South Prudhoe. Despite being fit it took Ben a good 200 yards to outpace the hound.
We watched the Grand National in the Dr Syntax pub; sadly my outsider [given by my friend who runs the Hexham cafe] called Irish Raptor tipped up. Great to see Tony McCoy win