Get yourself to MK mate, plenty of us will give you some help there. Just come say hello around the ramps and we'll get you rolling
If not most of the folk on here in the south are collectors but there are a good few rides to watch out for. Phil Sawzall and Lee Nitrohopper organise a few in the Portsmouth / Hants neck of the world I recall
Unfortunately you will need to move to the grim north to get any decent skatepark lock-ins...... just ask Rob Pickle