Sunday 12th May 2024
Statistics: Posted by RoyReed — Wed May 08, 2024 4:00 pm
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https://www.layermarneytower.co.uk/events/kite-flying/
Layer Marney is a beautiful Tudor tower built in the mid 1500's, lovely grounds and period buildings, plus an even older private church -and a day of Kite flying!
3 September 2023, tenner a head.
Statistics: Posted by helicoil — Wed May 24, 2023 11:39 am
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http://www.streathamkiteday.org.uk/
Statistics: Posted by RoyReed — Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:42 pm
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There will still be an informal fly-in for anyone who feels like turning up with a kite.
Statistics: Posted by RoyReed — Fri Aug 05, 2022 3:10 pm
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https://twitter.com/Rookery100/status/1 ... 2175893510
I won't be able to be there, but hopefully some from here will make it.
Statistics: Posted by RoyReed — Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:23 am
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711jrp wrote:
A small group of us did that at The Berch festal many years ago, remember that Craig? They definitely were not happy lol
Happy days, would kill for a few hours on the beach currently!
Life is not fair (and has never been)
. At this time we don’t have any restrictions here (in Sweden) limiting our time or place of being outdoors. No I don’t see kiting as a risk of spreading/getting corona virus – no other persons are doing kiting here means that I am constantly far from other people anyhow.Working from home most of the days so far due to the pandemic saves me much travelling time. Many days I often got two chances a day (whether I take the opportunities or not) to do short line low wind quad line kiting on the nearby parking. The parking is rather shielded from the wind by a ridge and high trees. The reason I say two times is that the wind tends to be low in the morning and in the evening but not in the middle of the day when it instead becomes turbulent. The morning session clears ones head and makes one wake up properly before work begins. There are “morning joggers” and people taking a walk here that I suppose are in the same situation. However I already know how to run, so I rather learn low/zero winds kiting (a “quest” that really started out with about half a year ago), while at the same time getting exercise. And the beach/jetties/field (most within 20 minutes by car) are open as usual, especially on the weekends/evenings.
Last Monday evening session on the beach was particularly interesting
. I then tried out the budget Orao Fourline quad for the first time. It was trickier (as in ease of provoking it into slack line manoeuvrers) than I had expected (though I’m not skilled enough in that area to judge the quality/”usefulness” of the moves, but I guess if I now could repeat the stuff they would be a tricks). Sorry for the comparison of daily life in covid-19 times (I know that I’m just being unbearable from an envy point of view, but don’t loathe me to much – during the next week it looks like I can’t work from home to the same extent 
)…I sincerely hope that you reach your beach soon!
Statistics: Posted by Exult — Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:58 am
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Lex B wrote:Being a "general" kite nut, I don't really care if I am looking at 1,2,3 or 4 liners. And the people flying them are all of the pleasantly crazy kind. Therefore I don't have any problems interacting with anyone.
Love you all!
Now you done it! You made those fiveline power kiters feel neglected!
The fifth line (to my understanding) is a safety feature to collapse the (depower?) kite if needed. This is demonstrated at 7:05 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZeSz_I5mkE
I am truly sorry.
I have never meant to hurt anybody by my comment.
On the other hand
Statistics: Posted by Lex B — Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:05 am
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Being a "general" kite nut, I don't really care if I am looking at 1,2,3 or 4 liners. And the people flying them are all of the pleasantly crazy kind. Therefore I don't have any problems interacting with anyone.
Love you all!
Now you done it! You made those fiveline power kiters feel neglected!
The fifth line (to my understanding) is a safety feature to collapse the (depower?) kite if needed. This is demonstrated at 7:05 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZeSz_I5mkE
Statistics: Posted by Exult — Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:11 am
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