@BBCRichardMoss And January is not much better. Gateshead Council is still telling people to avoid the town centre. No timeline for when the flyover situation will improve. The south end of the High Street is in an awful states with a redevelopment plan that stalled 5 years ago.

Interesting piece by @BBCRichardMoss on whether the North has been abandoned by the Labour Chancellor. It certainly feels that way from our little shop on Gateshead High Street. Awful December due to road closures and metro chaos

Now @nikkidravers founder of @REfUSE_cic and showing visually how the food system is cross-linked across so many issues. #foodgateshead2024

@Feeding_Britain Yakub from @BiteBack2030 sharing about the bombardment of teenagers with fast food advertising. "Junk food is the cultural wallpaper" of young people today. #foodgateshead2024

Now Andrew Forsey from @Feeding_Britain telling us the history of the fight against food poverty #foodgateshead2024

Catherine Donovan reminding us at #foodgateshead2024 about how 1 in 4 children are living in food poverty. Only a joined up strategy across the sectors will work.

Very excited to be at the @FoodGateshead food summit. So many passionate people and organisations who are trying to make Gateshead a better place. #foodgateshead2024

What if everyone in the UK bought one pair of second-hand jeans instead of new? Well according to Oxfam, the water saved could fill Wales' largest lake (Llyn Tegid) FIVE TIMES OVER. #SecondHandSeptember

Looking forward to the birthday celebrations tonight. Can't believe it is a whole year since we opened the shop!

@rachelzegler @MakeItAQuote

So good to have members of the @SustransNorth team with us yesterday. Great to be working together with @gateshead on supporting active travel kids in the Gateshead area. Looking forward to the coming weeks.

Love this piece by my other half. Love that she has found what she loves and is expanding her horizons.

Great to hear @SlowWaysUK and @DanRavenEllison on Radio 4 this morning with Justin Rowlatt. I was able to use a #slowway to save a bus journey to my first meeting today. #NewGat4 and the views were stunning. The Tyne Bridge framed in the arch of the High Level bridge.

Oh my word - how did it come to this? 21 years of prison sentences in total for five climate activitists. Why shoot the canary who's trying to warn you of near certain disaster? https://t.co/GOGSKS337P

We have been in the @NewGreenHeart shop for almost a year. Once we painted the stair walls, we never got round to making them look better. Today I decided to fix this. We now have an amazing @SlowWaysUK map. Going to need a ladder to put Orkney and Shetland in the right place.

Well that's a wrap. Three routes before lunch and just as the rain started. A love being out and about on #slowways

Lovely #slowways day of route pioneering so far. Started in Consett, then Annfield Plain and now coffee break in Stanley. Next up #StaSun two - a new route to pioneer along some familiar paths I've walked with my dad before. @SlowWaysUK #norush

Great route. That's #conann completed. Next up #annsta.

Love the art on this route. Some great pieces from when @SustransNorth built the route 30 years ago. #slowways #publicart

Anything more glorious and restorative than dappled woodland light? #slowways