Fly-In September 2005
The day started well with Chippy eating his dinner nicely. A good day for kites, a nice brisk breeze, bright, but not too hot, God's in his heaven and all is well with the world.
Meanwhile on the kite field whilst some were still setting up, the Webmaster is already away and can't hang around for photos as the latest kite buggy is put through it's paces.
Following an intense session of Wishy-Washy, Battle Mode Karaoke, far too much beer as usual, "playing with puppies™", and being VERY rudely awoken in the last ten minutes, it's possible that the balance of the mind might in some way be affected.

Should it come to court for any reason, the counsel for the defense will be instructed to claim it was "an economy measure" - have you seen the price of proper buggies these days ?
In a moment of foolish bravado it was suggested that we try a larger kite for a bit more traction. In retrospect it was probably divine intervention that caused one of the lines on the Blade II 9 metre to be severely damaged. The recent episodes at Teston involving the kite, high gusts & physical pain are probably totally unrelated.
A smaller kite is probably for the best, even if some Elves are doing "Kite Impressions" behind it.

It remains to be seen if he can do the same impression at thirty feet.
Meanwhile our brave pioneer has discovered one of the many pitfalls of using non-standard equipment.

Fortunately the trolley wasn't too badly damaged in the accident, and our WebMaster hauled his carcass out of the carnage muttering technicalities about "centres of gravity", "Moments of inertia", "co-efficients of friction" and "Where's the nearest pub?"
In the meantime some of us were actually "Flying Kites Nicely ™" to the amazement of all and sundry.

All and Sundry did, at this point, see how much the wind had picked up and how much pull the small Blade was generating...
Perhaps if the "buggy" pointed the way it does in the supermarket....... ?