Words and photos by Robin Pearson

Yeah, it’s small and often overlooked, but I think Finsbury Park bowl is the perfect warm-up spot. You can just cruise around in a figure-of-8 in and out of the main bowl and flatbank bowl. Boost the transfer into the flatbank as much as you want, you can hip it either side then pump around and go back the other way. There’s a good gap out of the shallow end over the fence too, and it’s just down the road from Clissold Park so you can head there afterwards. Sorted.