Azamara’s very first call in the Port of Tyne was one to remember after guests traded their usual caviar, oysters and fine wine for a boatload of the local delicacy – Greggs pastries.
Journey dropped anchor on Tyneside on Monday (19 August) giving Captain Johannes Tysse just enough time to phone in a spread of sausage rolls and North East favourite – stottie cakes.
It was the ship’s cruise director Lee Hetherington, who hails from Heworth in nearby Gateshead, who came up with the idea, with Greggs’ Grainger Street branch in Newcastle only too happy to oblige.
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