Apple Pressing Event

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Saturday 13th October
09:00 – 13:30
Hexham Farmers’ Market
This is a really nice, cheerful day so come along to see what happens even if you can’t help out.
I’ve attached a poster advertising the event. Please print and distribute if you can.
Things we need…
  • Apples
Please ask local friends, colleagues and family to bring their unwanted apples to the apple themed Farmers’ Market  In return they will receive bottled apple juice made on the day.
  • Bottles
We would be very grateful if you could start collecting clean, glass and plastic bottles to put the delicious apple juice in for helpers, donors and to give away for donations to a charity. Plastic milk bottles are great for freezing juice. Bring them on the day.
  • Rota
We need help through the day:
  • washing, crushing and pressing apples
  • washing and drying taster cups
  • filling bottles with apple juice
  • handling out apple juice
  • chatting and having a good time
If you’re able to help, please email info@transitiontynedale.org with the time slots you’re able to be there. Just half an hour will be a great help.

Apple Picking and Picnic

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Sunday 7th October
12:00 to 14:00
Picnic and community picking session. The field is on the left hand side of Shaws Lane about half way up. You will see a silver Skoda parked up and a big notice on the fence.
Please come along if you can, and bring something for yourself to eat and drink. It’s always a really nice afternoon 🙂 Children are welcome.
If you have a cycling helmet bring that too….it prevents bruises from falling apples!
The apples we collect get used at the apple pressing event on the 13th of October, and of course you could take some home.
Mr Carr has been very kind in the past about allowing us on his land to pick the apples from his trees but he gets upset about the amount of dog poo he has found as he grazes cows there sometimes and they get ill – so no dogs please.

HMS Community Gardening day – 5 August 2018

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Sunday 5th August 2018
12 noon til 2.00pm
Hexham Middle School Community Garden

To access the garden, walk up Broadgates, or through the main entrance to the school – via Maiden’s Walk.

There will almost certainly be potatoes to dig, gooseberries to pick and possibly some redcurrants too – so you might wish to bring along some gardening gloves. We have plenty of tools in the shed.

There will be some gardening chores too – we have our “It’s Your Neighbourhood” visit from Northumbria in Bloom next Thursday, 9th August, so it might be good to do some edging work and generally tidy up. Elizabeth may bring a list of things that need to be done.

So – hoping for some sun on Sunday, though the rain this week has been very welcome.

Best wishes,
Wendy

Sunday in the garden…

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sunday-gardenA great day was had by all on Sunday 1st July at the Hexham Middle School garden. TT advertised the ‘gardening and picking’ day with notices at the Wentworth Edible Hexham beds, and through the TT email list, and Elizabeth announced to the Hexham East Residents’ Association that there were strawberries ready for picking .
We worked and picked from 11.00 til 1.00, then we were all too hot and went home. Hundreds of strawberries were picked, a couple of punnets of gooseberries, and a few redcurrants – there should be many more of all these fruits in the next couple of weeks. Many thanks are due to Elizabeth and Richard who have tended the garden so well – strawberries sitting on straw, and delightful brick-lined paths through the beds.
There were broad beans ready too, lots of herbs, and some runner beans somewhat struggling in the hot dry weather. The plum and apple trees are looking very healthy and the fruits seem to be in some profusion, so we’ll want to do an autumn picking!
Potatoes are in flower, and I imagine will be ready for digging in late July or early August. We’ll plan another group ‘gardening and picking’ day for Sunday 5th August, 12 noon until 2.00pm. Put it in your diaries.

Afternoon tea with Susan Hick.

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I thought as a tribute to Susan, I would record for all some sense of Susan’s past and TT activity and highlights.We all have learned a lot from Sue over the years with her abundant knowledge, calm, reassuring manner yet with a firm understanding of the direction she wants to go. I would like to personally thank you Sue for all of the patience and understanding you have shown me over the years. Continue reading “Afternoon tea with Susan Hick.” →

New orchard at Tyne Green

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On the 24th March 13 trees – 11 apple and 2 plum – were successfully planted in our new mini orchard on Tyne green. This is part of our ongoing commitment to encourage people to grow their own food – to help reduce food miles and to demonstrate how easy it is to ‘grow your own. ‘  In Victorian times Hexham was famous for its orchards , we hope to renew that fame.

Many thanks to our wonderful band of volunteers and to the Lions who provided much needed rocks for a barrier against marauding cars and helped plant the trees too. The orchard is at the far end of Tyne green, at the far side of the car park by café Enna.

In years to come the fruit will be free for everyone to harvest. The surplus (if any !) will be crushed for juice at our annual Farmers market apple pressing day at the Farmers market.  Check it out and enjoy the harvest !!

Planting an apple

Notice of Transition Tynedale Limited AGM 2016/2017

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VENUE & DATE CHANGE

Now at The Heart of Northumberland, Hexham on Wednesday, 14th March

Transition Tynedale Limited will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 14th March, 2018 in the back room of The Heart of Northumberland, Hexham.

Registration from 7:00pm, AGM starts at 7:30pm and aim to finish by 8:30pm

Voting Process and Agenda

This page explains the processes that we follow when electing our Directors, and Officers.

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Cycling Review for 2017

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In 2017 cycling continued to grow exponentially in popularity. In recognition of this and the need to reduce vehicle impact, the Government committed some funding to make cycling safer and increase participation but nowhere near enough to do the job properly. Children continue to want and receive bikes for Christmas but cycling to school is only possible in a minority of locations.

The increased uptake of e-bikes widened the appeal of cycling but the infrastructure in many cities, towns and villages largely failed to keep pace with demand and reasonable safety concerns for a variety of reasons including funding, political will, a vociferous motoring lobby and the decision-making power of non cyclists.

Mass participation events thrived and subject to the limited funding available, trail centres and bike parks increased in size, variation and popularity. Women’s cycling grew as a sport, as a hobby and as a means of transport whilst cycling for health reasons also expanded. Cycle tourism continued to grow in popularity despite low levels of investment due to continued political inertia.

After plateau-ing in the early decade years, mountain biking further resurged whilst cyclo-cross and cycling as part of triathlons continued to increased participation numbers. Cycling clubs abound in the North East and once again professional cycle racing made a huge impression on the region but sadly again left no legacy due to political apathy i.e. the total failure for those in power to see the potential that cycling brings.

The three main reasons people say they don’t cycle are traffic speed, volume and size. Where it’s useful, even modest changes to the highway like removing the centre line to slow down traffic and introducing advisory cycle lanes which cars straddle when the lanes are empty can make a huge difference whilst big changes such as constructing off-highway cycle lanes can significantly release latent demand for safer cycling.

The question is will cycling in 2018 be any different. The certainty is demand will only increase, the variable factor is funding for cycling is scarce but it does exist. The most worrying factor is the political will and energy to prioritise where, when and why available funding for cycling can be wisely spent has been sadly lacking.

Cyclists deserve a better implementation system that guarantees facilities for safer cycling where needed. What we don’t need is the removal of even modest facilities that make cycling safer for no other reason than to appease a minority of motorists.