Fractured Axel

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Just reminding us there's only a few days to go....

What time is everyone meeting

After 12........

I hope to be there from perhaps about three.

Great Day nice to see a few more new faces. Shame about Dougs roc though

Great weather, great turn out

Good day tired and sunburnt now. Great to see everyone

Sorry I missed it - last minute family visit. Great day for it too.

My OSOW day went like this:
arrived at our small field. None of the usual suspects were there, but it was full of parents/children with their aldi kites (it's up - no it isn't - run faster - ... )
As there was no space I popped the rokkoku into the air, and a couple of friends arrived.
I asked the second "where is your kite then?". "There" he said, pointing at two trees.
Nice one - he had managed to let go of his power kite (some 3meter monster) and the wrist-straps were stuck in one tree, and the kite in another, 30m away.
Anyway, 45 mins and a few scratches later, he, I, the lines and the kite were all safely back on the ground, and I popped open the first beer.

So, we sat around, watched our SLKs flying until we were frozen, and then we all went home.

Summary - not a great day for freestyle, but the aldi-kiters keps us entertained.

At the end we decided that we will have to wait for the right weather (drizzle / rain / frost / snow), before we again have the field to ourselves.

Stuart

Popeye wrote:

Great Day nice to see a few more new faces. Shame about Dougs roc though

I lost a 2 metre rok at the Chester Kite festival a couple of years ago in much the same way. The line broke fairly near the kite when another line crossed it and the rok went horizontal and just glided away.

Good to see some familiar and not so familiar faces. Shame I only had a couple of kites with me (was anyone counting?).

StuartB wrote:

(was anyone counting?).

27 (during the time I was there). 30 if you count Cecil(?) or Cyril(?) who's Rok I helped launch, so I guess we could include him....