Cambridgeshire Warehouse Session

It's odd what emotions thirty minutes stuck in Sunday shopper traffic can evoke. Sitting there on our way into Cambridge my mood changed from optimistic high, eager to see this derelict warehouse left to the element in the Cambridgeshire countryside to a feeling of absolute self loathing. I should have taken the other exit. And when Reece called Harley twice in 5 minutes from the warehouse while we were still queuing on the outskirts of the city to find out our current location, I reached over and tapped the 'END' button on Harley's iPhone. This made me feel a little better.
Harley, Aaron & I eventually collected Matt from the far side of Cambridge and picked our way out of town and through the flat, ploughed landscape to the site of the warehouse.
After following Matt's phone for about fifteen miles, we parked up and discreetly jumped the fence following the sounds of skateboarding to the nearest entrance on the rear of the building.
On entering, we found a completely derelict wide open factory space. No machinery remained, but the remains of long disconnected electricity supplies and isolators were hanging from the walls and as with every pane of glass, every thin wall panel & door, every light fitting, every bulb, every remaining item of substance, they were smashed.
Large puddles scattered across the expansive floor were clear signs of serious roof decay. Ivy & other such plants cascaded down the inner walls through the blown bricks and roof panels taking advantage of the elements and invading the factory.
Dotted amongst graffiti covered walls were flat banks and makeshift quarter pipes and the floor was scattered with various DIY obstacles. Some concrete, some wooden, some desks and filling cabinets and a lot of glass. A dry spot for the bags was located and away we went.

Dan, Fuller, Sam, Radman, Nate, Charlie, Rob, Nicolson, Justin, Shaun and a number of others were already skating and filming a desk with a kicker take off made from scavenged materials.
Harley was looking at the flat bar/mini Jersey barrier with very rough concrete sides.


Harley Miller - 5-0 transfer

Harley - board slide transfer

Harley - blunt transfer

Taking these shots of Harley, I could see in the distance that the boys had replaced the desk with an empty 205 litre oil drum and were putting things down. I set up at a leisurely pace as Rob had set up his shot before I arrived. I got in the mix and these were the best I took.

Nathen Farrow - k-bonk

Charlie Munro - shovit 

Charlie - shovit (2nd angle)

Justin Rawnsley - kickflip

In the background I could see Fuller rolling around a puddle-avoiding line ending with a footplant over a destroyed sofa carcuss. Dan got it on video, and after a little cunning flashgun placement...


Fuller - sofa plant

Unfortunately, at this time in October the natural light has faded sufficiently to halt any sensible skating without artificial light by about 5pm, and our surroundings and the amount of cloud cover were not exactly conducive for bathing us in light at any time so I only managed to document a couple of hours this time. Video was more productive in this instance. I anticipate a return visit soon.