So the skate-park's not officially open then?

Apparently not if this story from the Shuttle is correct. 11am on Friday hmm yeah no that's a pretty good time considering the holidays are on. So if we start from the digging on 16th April and the opening is on the 20th July we get a total of 95 days, if you want to play nice and subtract the weekends and holidays - 67 days for this.

As I was saying to someone on Saturday "Everyone is sitting on the small strip of grass between the path and the park because if you sat on the large expanse next to the bridge you wouldn't see anything" and as I noted here don't go too far over the ramp.

"Local skateboarders have designed the skate park and, therefore, it will provide for their needs."

Really? I was under the impression that they'd chosen from two designs drawn up by the same company; a little different from designing it themselves.

A skating event is being organised by the council during the summer. Youngsters will be able to watch demonstrations and get tips from one of the country's top skaters.

Excellent then afterwards they can splash about in the paddling pool. It will be interesting to see what the professionals have to say about the overall layout.