Sunday, October 29, 2006

G'day from Camber

Blimey what a scorcher! Had a great day at Camber today, despite winds being light to non-existant! But I'm definitely in need of a dopero!

Got there this morning to find the car park full, teh sun shining and a gentle offshore breeze blowing. As the tide was well out, made the most of the conditions and flew the trident for a couple of hours. Must right to Mark and get the colour swatch for teh ultra light version as I am trying to persuade someone that it would make a nice Christmas present.

Anyway, at about 1:30 the tide was well up the beach, so we headed for the Kit Kat cafe for lunch. Under new ownership but the food is still good. Not only that, they will be willing to open anytime there is custom!!!!

After lunch, went out to play with single line stuff. Given the conditions, I decided to try a Premier large Rok. Well it took some effort, but eventually it was well out over the sea, flying at about 60 degrees. So I thought I'd give the camera a try. Well it stayed glued to the ground, absolutely no lift from the kite at all. So I took the camera off and just flew the kite. Lovely conditions, and occasionally had to work to keep the kite out of the sea. And it was just by luck that we were underflown by two microlights scooting along the seaa line at about 20 feet. Had I got their numbers I'd have reported them to the CAA, cos I'm sure what they were doing wasn't legal.

Apart from that, lovely day which came to an end all too soon as the sun disappeared. We're apparently going to try Tonbridge again next week.

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