Wasteland still loved

It may be January, the "private property" signs may be up, the block may be demolished but the Wasteland in Newcastle is still being skated. Across the old factory floor are mini ramps, blocks and pallets. Maybe they only come out at night. Keeps getting ripped up, burnt and battered and keeps getting put back together. Last year one of the JCB drivers used his digger to help shift some of the debris away and two old radgies on the Lambrini at 11am, sitting on the wall by the block and tuned into radio Newcastle, bemoaned the loss of trees because that is where the birds nested. There are some stunning wild flowers there too, but the botany can wait til spring. At this rate the block will get rebuilt before the flats get going.