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| Copied from Bassetlaw's website |
There were considerably more bikes than Skateboards though. The main attraction was a young man who had been on "Britain's Got Talent" earlier in the week:
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| Joe Oakley |
Now, I'm no cyclist but some of the things he could do were amazing:
Thee above pics were taken before the opening when he was performing for his tame video man
The opening was performed by "The Chairman of the Council"
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| Councillor David Challinor |
Once Joe had done a few laps the massed hordes were let on. Chaos ensued, but none of the eagerly anticipated broken bones and blood!
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| Joe among the crowd |
Of course there's one trouble with an all white skatepark at midday: no contrast so the camera won't pick out the shapes.
One thing Joe hadn't got that every other cyclist had: a saddle, in fact there wasn't even anything to put one on! I didn't notice that until a photog (Wop Guardian?) pointed it out.
In contrast the one thing he did have that no-one else did: a helmet.
There were several other things going on:
- "Street dance" acts, which seemed to be bunches of young girls doing aerobics to music. Might have been more to it.
Keeps 'em fit and out of mischief,
I suppose - A (small) bouncy castle
- Laserquest, wherein you go into a dark inflatable and shoot everyone else with lasers
- Andy, our young(tee hee) park ranger, was involved in something football related on the five aside court
This is the guy
who referred to me as "elderly" in a
press release!
- Pogo the clown.
Really, who likes clowns?
There was a lady with a rather nice Nikon. With the display team, I think.
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| Looking like a dictator flanked by security! |
Plenty of coppers there but no need for them apart from holding back the eager riders.
A good day!
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