Stop!

Wednesday night skate in London
Originally uploaded by Rik Abel.

Sometimes, you have to stop. The skate is very well organised, with numerous marshals who race ahead to 'secure' junctions and stop traffic. However, if everyone has to stop suddenly due to accident or whatever, folks lift up both arms to indicate such and there are very rarely any 'shunts'. Which isn't to say there aren't any spills - I saw at least 3 fairly impressive falls last night, one from a young girl who looked quite upset. To her credit I saw her later and she was still enjoying herself. When several hundred of you are caning it through London, a helmet and pads is probably a good idea if you aren't supremely confident in your abilities. Like me. Yeah, right. Just so you know, I'll be starting a London skating specifi blog any day now. In fact, I 'moblogged' these photos to flickr from the skate last night. It seems to me I need to take my proper camera along as well - these phonecam photos aren't particularly impressive, are they?