Illustrations by Matt Ward.

With the excitement of Christmas and New Years now well and truly behind us we are left with the seemingly endless wait for spring with the warmer, and more importantly drier, weather it brings.

Inhabitants of Northern Europe, in particular, will know only too well the frustrations of the winter months spent cooped up in indoor skateparks or dodging the elements in the streets.

Here we’ve got ten suggestions which will hopefully make winter a little less painful, some serious and some less so.