And here's another reason why Blyth can be a lovely place to live work and play - inviting tall ships to visit was part of an explicit #placemanagement strategy to change the image of the port.

I started using the #smallplaces tag because so much of the literature in #placemanagement and #urbanism is aimed at cities and metropolitan areas - like that moment when someone posts a diagram of the ideal intersection between two roads and its almost the size of the entire town centre where you work.

Transport and regeneration solutions have to be scaleable, and have to fit the needs of #smallplaces as well as large

I'm used to making my social media profiles divide between different aspects of my life. This is different though, so it's kind of gonna be all of me here - so be prepared for random poetry, musings about places and other stuff too.... #poetry #placemanagement #smallplaces #activism