Peghill

Dry in Thornbury at 06:45 so I got the ankle biters out of bed and fired up to go...........

Loaded the car with kit and sweeping stuff......... Odd spot of rain, thought it might be ok at Peghill..........

It was damp at Peghill, must have missed you by 20 mins And. It then p1ssed with rain.

Oh well! It is April. Friday is looking better for Filton and of course if it keeps for the weekend.

I had a good 2hr session Sunday morning, And was there for the first 1 1/2, dry, only a few kids, very nice

I had a good 2hr session Sunday morning, And was there for the first 1 1/2, dry, only a few kids, very nice

Looking forward to the end of the Rugby season so I can be selfish and skate more

Hope the land of pasta was good to you.

lunch time session

all good to dropped in half way though turn.

i get 30 mins to skate and i bet once i have gone they are all sat around not using the bowls

they dont like the fact i can use the smaller bowls like them and keep going aroung and around(maybe twice)

go home tonight and play on the mini ramp

Managed a skate at Nottingham yesterday - Southglade Road. Really good, with a clover leaf bowl and lots of slopes and a curved 8ft bank to carve.

park, nearly as good as Peghill.

Don't need to be ace to ride it and look ok - suited me fine.

Saturday is looking good for an early one.

If it's dry I'll be there Saturday dead early!

If it's dry I'll be there Saturday dead early!

A slim chance I may be there too, but not dead early, what time is the normal range on a Sat morning? I've only ever done Sundays before

If it's dry I'll be there Saturday dead early!

Bl00dy hell And......... That means you'll be there just after the bonfire lighting, rubbish throwing, midget gem mine field laying, how sh1t can I make my hang out, yeh-but...... yeh-but....... yeh-but........ no yoof have gone home tapping your feet waiting for the sun to come up.

Should be there for 07:00 which in reality is nearer to 07:30. The usual departure time is 10:00 ish but if the karma and craic is good I'd be mad not to stay longer.

lunch time session

all good to dropped in half way though turn.
You must have been fooked to come out with gibberish - get the gist tho'

i get 30 mins to skate and i bet once i have gone they are all sat around not using the bowls
With out a doubt the ankle biters don't like their turf being poached

they dont like the fact i can use the smaller bowls like them and keep going aroung and around(maybe twice)
I'm still working on that one but will enjoy doing the same to the little sh1ts when able

go home tonight and play on the mini ramp

I'll be there by 7am and be done and dusted by 10am at the latest.
I've not yet had any problem with skaters there (the odd older BMXer on a couple of occassions) ... on the contrary most skaters are happy to chat. Most of the time the younger skaters will just stay in the red using it like a half-pipe, which leaves the purple, green and blue free!

Good little session yesterday, tried out my new wider mini-logo and slightly wider indys and was really pleased. The board turns slightly better and is a touch more stable - basic physics really.

Still working on the axle stalls, or lack of them. progress is being made. shy'd away from any big drop-ins untill I get used to the slightly wobbly feel with the deck.

A few 'newbie' early bird scooterists were there catching up on skills before too many were about - respect - because that is what I do. Somebody had cleared a bit of rubbish before And had got there reckon I'll change my mind on blanket comments about yoof messy habbits.

A smashing warm dry session. Cheers And, Evs and Cookie.

Yep twas a good un, nice deck Tony. Keep next Friday morning in mind.

Your all good Tony, was good to be out there. Think your be pulling axle stalls in no time, they are so close. Couple more weekends and they are in the bag. Your be smahing down the Cookie 180 out the red next. I finshed Sat with hurting ankles, aching knees but was just glad to be getting back on the board.

Good effot to all.

Cheers Evs, Saturday was good.

Got a withering look from my missus when I got home - we are moving and there are boxes to pack Didn't extend to discipline tho'............ Shame

Got there at 6:30 this morning to a fire in the yellow part of the bowl

looks like they had stolen someone recycling bag of paper and set fire to it

Got there at 6:30 this morning to a fire in the yellow part of the bowl

looks like they had stolen someone recycling bag of paper and set fire to it

Might have a bash before work tomorrow if you are about Keith

unless you have morphed into a teenage bmxer cookie you didnt make it this morning

bowls were a bit damp from a shower of rain

unless you have morphed into a teenage bmxer cookie you didnt make it this morning

bowls were a bit damp from a shower of rain

Ah, when I said before work I didn't mention that my first job today didnt start until 12 so I was there just before 8. Dry for me by then too

Ah, when I said before work I didn't mention that my first job today didnt start until 12 so I was there just before 8. Dry for me by then too

Caught a glimpse of you Mr C, sweeping out the mini half pipe. Couldn't stop - shirt and tie for a 1-2-1 with the boss first thing. Boss was later than a bag full of late things, late enough that I could have even got half an hour in.

There are just soooooo many ways the kick in the pills from the 'man' can come from.

Any of you guys coming out to play tomorrow morning (Friday)? Looks like it is staying dry overnight.

what time were you thinking cookie? I may be about on the morrow!

what time were you thinking cookie? I may be about on the morrow!

gonna aim for 8 or maybe even a bit earlier if I wake up. It starts to fill up with groms by about 10

what time were you thinking cookie? I may be about on the morrow!

gonna aim for 8 or maybe even a bit earlier if I wake up. It starts to fill up with groms by about 10

I'll be along for a short stay, warm up for Saturday

Well done Tony, we just need And now for the full set.

nice to skate with the oldies for once

having to leave early to go to work

what a bummer.

I'm way to knackered for another session this morning. Keith you going up before work Monday? I got another late start, Anyone else?

I won't be there tomorrow morning, gonna have a day out witht he kids to the sea somewhere ...
Saw the new skate park at Emersons Green this morning, looks interesting, might give it a go early one school day ... sometime!

No worries and, looks like a solo session for me, we'll have to hook up for a visit to Emersons when the schools are back in.

Saturday was fun - good to see you again Nick. Cracking fun that street board Got me thinking.

Day trip to Newcastle for me tomorrow so no Peghill Monday morning.

Emersons Green looked pretty boring on one site I looked at - no bowls. another site I looked at suggested a good bowl but looked dodgy as a virus warning appeared with the aim to get me to click 'OK' probably to run some dodgy exe.

Is there a bowl? Maybe worth an early one for an adventure gents.

Emersons Green is concrete ramp things, very freestylely ... just somewhere local to mess around at!

http://video.mpora.com/watch/GDACpeCkh/

skate link to emersons green

I'm way to knackered for another session this morning. Keith you going up before work Monday? I got another late start, Anyone else?

not today. having a rest and getting up early is waking the kids up.

calf muscle locked up saturday after skating Marlborough and swimming with the kids. Taking it easy

will be they tommorrow morning

Never mind Keith, I was there at your kind of time too, well sort of, I had a 7:30 start, solo session but good none the less. No go for me tomorrow (Tuesday) though

http://video.mpora.com/watch/GDACpeCkh/

skate link to emersons green

Thanks And.
No bowl But.......... when I get those axle stalls sorted I'll be there.

a guy from the council walking his dog turned up this morning.
Taking photos of the rubbish and fires that had been started.
he said they put £10000 pounds toward the upkeep and repair of the skatepark each year.
Any money left in the pot is then put towards more equitment.

Park was empty this morning. have the kids given up on getting up early

I was there this morning at 7.30ish and swept up a lot of burnt stuff from the bowls and surrounding areas - if the bloke who was there with the dog this morning had glasses and a beard, probably Mike Drew from the Town Council - was chatting to him the other day, he seemed ok ...
What to do? kids like lighting fires, smashing glass, pissing in the bowls and leaving litter right by where they are sitting.
... just keep taking the industrial sized brush up there and sweeping!

I was there this morning at 7.30ish and swept up a lot of burnt stuff from the bowls and surrounding areas - if the bloke who was there with the dog this morning had glasses and a beard, probably Mike Drew from the Town Council - was chatting to him the other day, he seemed ok ...
What to do? kids like lighting fires, smashing glass, pissing in the bowls and leaving litter right by where they are sitting.
... just keep taking the industrial sized brush up there and sweeping!

He was there Monday morning too, but your right and nothing is gonna change with the kids/rubbish situation it's been like that for the last 10 years, I wish he was more interested in the poor condition of the ramps and bowl than the rubbish, but that is probably hoping for too much, as for spending 10K a year on the uipkeep that makes me laugh, there's real money and then there's council money, for 10K a year we could have that park in mint condition. I've offered before to repair and improve the damaged concrete myself for free, but oh no that would contravene some health and safety rules, better just to leave the holes and cracks as they are, as far as the council are concerned.....That's my rant for the day over, time to get on with some more work.

I've got all of next week off......... Wa-hooooooo!
Got heaps of stuff to do but weather permitting, if I can't get a morning session somewhere life balance is wrong.

Don't fancy this Friday at Mid-Som-Nort, too stacked with ankle biters. How about next Weds at Mid-Som-Nort, early to midday. 5 day forcast on Sunday and go from there.



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Gents.......

10K a year - just under £200 a week, won't be far off by the time they've visited a couple of three times a week and back office tasks........

I probably did some mindless stuff when I was a nipper but in truth I would never have behaved like that when I was an ankle biter. Trouble is when 100+ kids get together it only takes a few and I bet most of the actual damage occurs when the older kids are there in the evening.

Take some deep breaths Cookie.......... Relax.......... Deep breaths............ Relax......... and rest.

I'll deffo be filling in the pot holes with some fast drying goo at some point and any other maintenance that I think I can get away with.

I was there this morning at 7.30ish and swept up a lot of burnt stuff from the bowls and surrounding areas - if the bloke who was there with the dog this morning had glasses and a beard, probably Mike Drew from the Town Council - was chatting to him the other day, he seemed ok ...
What to do? kids like lighting fires, smashing glass, pissing in the bowls and leaving litter right by where they are sitting.
... just keep taking the industrial sized brush up there and sweeping!

that was the chap

must have missed you by minutes and

Gonna go up tomorrow before work, if anyone else is about.
I got the next 2 weeks off Tony, probably wont get much skating in as I am starting a major renovation project on my house, but I'm sure I will fit in a few sessions here and there.
Fri at Midsommer will be a waste of time, trust me that place gets beyond packed.
Dont forget the following Wed although our kids are back, other schools are off, particulary in Wales, but it should be quieter, I will try for another trip there sometime before the summer hols whilst the kids are in school obviously, will try and arrange a date with Lecky and you guys soon. (not a romantic one, a skate one, although we could take candles)
Tony dont forget that 10K is probably only really spent over 6 months as they have to do next to nothing all winter, and as for repair materials that must account for about £9.99 of the budget for a new broom. I still think we should do stealth repairs/improvements ourselves, although in the past I have done some concrete work there and the kids themselves have fucked it up before it dried.

i will be thier from 6:30 to about 7:30

got the next 2 weeks of so wont be around much in the mornings

I'll be there in the morning from about 7am for a damn good skate!

Midsommer Norton: checked school holidays - Wales are still on school holiday next week, though all our local counties are back to school: somerset, glos, wiltshire.
I'd give it a go early next Weds.

Midsommer Norton: checked school holidays - Wales are still on school holiday next week, though all our local counties are back to school: somerset, glos, wiltshire.
I'd give it a go early next Weds.

I think there may be a few inset days Tues, but Wed should be ok, unfortunately I dont think I will be able to make it. Major DIY calls....... but you never know.

I'll be there in the morning from about 7am for a damn good skate!

See you there.

Tony dont forget that 10K is probably only really spent over 6 months as they have to do next to nothing all winter, and as for repair materials that must account for about £9.99 of the budget for a new broom.

When I think my job is getting the better of me I just think about the poor sod who has to clean up after the scrotes......
....... Although if you were to keep a skateboard in the van.

I still think we should do stealth repairs/improvements ourselves

Word

I'm way to knackered for another session this morning. Keith you going up before work Monday? I got another late start, Anyone else?

not today. having a rest and getting up early is waking the kids up.

calf muscle locked up saturday after skating Marlborough and swimming with the kids. Taking it easy

will be they tommorrow morning

How do you rate Marlborough mate?

I'm way to knackered for another session this morning. Keith you going up before work Monday? I got another late start, Anyone else?

not today. having a rest and getting up early is waking the kids up.

calf muscle locked up saturday after skating Marlborough and swimming with the kids. Taking it easy

will be they tommorrow morning

How do you rate Marlborough mate?

Marlborough is super smooth and has some nice pump bumps to carve around.

early mornings are best

Thanks mate.... think a road trip is in order then

Never done Marlborough, another trip maybe?

Sunday morning anybody out to play? Was thinking of going across to Filton if anyone fancies it? Will give you a lift And if you fancy it.

Sunday morning looking good at the moment, so yeah I'm up for Filton ... if you're going early enough!
Won't be at Peghill in the morning, got an early start with a rugby tournament.

Sunday morning looking good at the moment, so yeah I'm up for Filton ... if you're going early enough!
Won't be at Peghill in the morning, got an early start with a rugby tournament.

What kind of time do you wanna leave?

Any time after 6am! ... I'm usually up early!

Ignore all the above, I'm dumb! I've just been reminded that in fact I've got football tomorrow morning at Portishead and we're leaving Yate at 9am ... best I can manage tomorrow is an early skate at Peghilll until 8.30am at the latest. Apologies!

No worries mate, looks like Sunday will be up at Peg then. Unless anyone else fancies Filton.

Yep, gonna be at Peghill early tomorrow sometime around 7am till 8.30am.

See you there.

Yep, gonna be at Peghill early tomorrow sometime around 7am till 8.30am.

Aiming to be there And, bout seven ish.

Cookie - If you read this in time could you bring your street board?

Thanks for bringing the longboard Mr C - I want one in the toy box

Quite enjoyed today gents, improvements made on the axle stall front - on the cusp.

It looks like I'm going to be there tomorrow with a few ankle biters in tow, 07:15 to about 09:30.

Got the go ahead for Mid-Som-Nort on Wednesday

I shall be stipping lime render and various other crap tomorrow, I am envious, have a good one. Oh and the jet wash cleared the bird shit, the grip tape is like new. Midsommer Wed? at first I thought no chance, but maybe, just maybe it could happen, keep me informed.