Decided my achillies was healed enough last week and got back on the board.
Did about 5 1/2 km mostly land paddle / part skate.
I have found a reasonably secluded bit of concrete path at the back of a housing estate, along a floodway.


There are a lot more paths there, but they are made of toppings / dirt.
The Classic rolls on them, but it's a huge effort, particularly paddling.
Did some internet re-searching, and discovered mountainbaords.
Nutters snow board or kite board with bindings.
Not wanting to hurt myself that badly, but curious, I bought an entry level board on line.
It arrived in a day, tried it out this morning.
Rather than the bigger rubber tyred wheels, it has 100mm knobbly skateboard wheels,


Not that rapt with the deck - lacks style - but the low centre of gravity probably good.
Did an abbreviated version of the longer route.
It rolls well on the paths, but the paddle struggles to grip.



It even maintains a bit of momentum on grass.
Let me skate a much less threatening environment falling wise, and link sections of concrete.



Knobbly wheels vibrate a bit on concrete, but nothing too dramatic.
I can see a swap of trucks and wheels to the Huntington Hop, or a self made deck coming up.