Saturday 22nd May was undoubtedly the hottest day this year, which made it the perfect day for the Projekts MCR Youth Committee trip to Clitheroe’s concrete skatepark. At 10:30am that morning, 15 skaters piled into the Youth Contact Team’s minibus for a two hour trek to one of the UK’s most beautifully situated skateparks. It sits on the edge of a large park, surrounded by trees, a bowling green and, unusually, a large hill with a castle on top.

None of the scenery appeared to be of any interest to the skaters, of course. That’s because the skatepark itself has enough interesting features to keep them occupied all day- banks, ledges, gaps, driveways, a couple of mini-ramps, a bowl and some other quirky little bits and bobs to mess around on. So everyone skated for hours on end. A lot of tricks were performed (even I landed something!). People had fun. Someone broke their arm. We all went home.

Apart from the unfortunate injury, the only downside to the trip was not being able to open any of the windows on the minibus on the way home. They were literally screwed shut! Apparently this was an attempt to prevent kids from throwing their refuse at other road users. It worked effectively, but the smell was horrendous.