It would be great if a skate park could be built in Dunkeld or Birnam – somewhere we could walk to easily. Some of my friends and I thought we could get funding from the Griffin Wind Farm to help build it. Have you got any ideas where it could go?
If we built a skate park it would keep skateboarders, scooters and bmxers off the pavement and roads.
Please reply if you have any questions or ideas,
From Scott Robertson age 11 scott@hillrobertson.co.uk
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