Jack-o-lanterns, houses where cobwebs are actually encouraged and appropriately-timed grey skies can only mean one thing: Halloween is approaching.
The Newcastle Herald writers have spotted smattering of spooky yards around the region. There's haunted skeletons in Gateshead, a creepy array of pumpkins in Jesmond and an elaborate mowed-over man on Gloaming Avenue, East Maitland.