Fun fact about me: I use a ‘teenagers’ wheelchair. It’s tiny. 23inches wide.

If I’m struggling to get through these “gaps”, they are completely impassable for most wheelchair users and visually impaired people with dogs.

Pavements must be kept clear enough for pedestrians.

I’ve found some pavements entirely blocked by seating, where I could not get past at all.

Add this on top of the existing inaccessible streetspace - barriers everywhere.

Disabled people’s options for getting from A to B are already so severely limited.

Pavements were bad enough before with lack of dropped kerbs and street clutter - this has made things 10000 times more difficult.

As we open things up, I’d like councils and businesses to remember that disabled people want to get out and meet their friends and celebrate with a drink too.

Please don’t turn entire areas of London’s hospitality into total no-go zones.