From the blog
Notes on Blyth, the coast, and staying here well — written for the people who book crews into town and the people who arrive with a kit bag for a twelve-week stint.
- For bookers
Contractor accommodation in Blyth: what good actually looks like
One booking not five, a real kitchen, wifi that can take it — what separates a liveable placement from three cramped hotel rooms.
- The area
Why Blyth? The projects bringing crews to this corner of Northumberland
Data centre construction, an expanding offshore energy port and the Northumberland Line — why project teams keep arriving, and where they stay.
- The area
Blyth Beach: huts, pier and the High Light
The painted beach huts, the pier walk to the lighthouse, the dunes — and the fish and chips afterwards.
- The area
Newsham Pond: the wildlife reserve on our doorstep
Swans, dragonflies and a dipping platform — a Northumberland Wildlife Trust reserve hidden inside a Blyth estate, one street from the house.
- Practical
Staying in Blyth for weeks, not nights: a practical guide
Supermarkets, takeaways, gyms, getting to Newcastle and what to do at weekends — the stuff that makes a long stay run smoothly.