It was around 8 months ago that the
first conversation around going on a
trip was sounded - and the responses
were all positive - but these things are
notoriously difficult to actually come
to fruition, so at 4.45am when we met
at The Source, it felt strangely bizarre
to see a crew of 10 skaters who grew up
together and now mostly live in different
parts of the country, taking their places
in a rented ford galaxy and 1988 ford
fiesta for a few days in Holland.
The day before things weren’t looking
so great, my water-pump had failed on
swapping fags for water with some lorry
Sunday afternoon, and so getting my car
drivers, we topped up and cooled off,
into a garage, let alone getting the part
going at a slightly more humane pace
in time was always going to be hairy, but
- much to the frustration of the galaxy
after calling around at 7 in the morning,
crew, who’s pimped out turbo diesel was
I managed to pick her up at 5 before
itching to blast away at quite a bit more
heading to Hastings to spend the night.
than the prescribed 60mph that my poor
Thinking this would be the end of the
vehicle could manage.
car problems, imagine my frustration
when only 10 miles into driving towards
Belgium, it starts to spray coolant all
over the windscreen in a haze of orange
drops and steam. Thankfully, after