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11/12/2011 Blackheath

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Grey day with lowering cloud base did not turn to rain in the short time on the Heath today.

Vented with 3 wrap or Race just about coped with the higher gusts. Mostly long arm treacle style individual flying for me but we did find an opposing infinity, by chance, which looks as if it could be very effective in a large team configuration. It's...
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04/12/2011 Blackheath

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Standard vented 1.5B with 4 wrap spars (mostly) again today but not quite at the marginal level of last weekend.

There was a very high base layer of cloud cover and in the SW breeze we had a clear view of the NE London circling stack of planes waiting to approach Heathrow.

For the first time this autumn gloves were a good idea if not actually...
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27/11/2011 Blackheath

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The forecast was for a slight front clearing to the south east at the beginning of the day. At 9:00am it was grey and wet but within a short time the cloud cover began to break up and by 10:00 driving towards Blackheath past the Olympic stadium the sun was dazzling!

A further bank of cloud with a few spots of rain cleared to an almost...
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20/11/2011 Blackheath

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Hmmm! Twenty Eleven Twenty Eleven....

The fog did not lift while I was on site today. The sun almost broke through on a couple of occasions but the church and the other local buildings only appeared occasionally as flat grey shapes. The A2 was mostly out of sight. Flying in cotton wool with only 1mph gets disorientating and with no feedback...
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13/11/2011 Blackheath

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A glorious sunny November day. It was not actually much warmer than last weekend but it certainly felt it. Light breezes so full 1.5 with race rods. Four fliers switched between 'free form' and 'called' with 'Plan A' getting a couple of runs through. The 'free form' is developing into something like the 'no...
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06/11/2011 Blackheath

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A grey November day, and chilly in the NE breeze even if 12 degrees centigrade is warm compared seasonal averages... Green Race in vented sails again! Being aware that the kites were occasionally over powered in flight we noticed how much flex we were seeing in the spars when attempting ground work. It was difficult to keep the kites still....
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30/10/2011 Blackheath

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The trees in Greenwich park have turned colour since last week. Blink and you miss the autumnal moment.

Green Race with full vented today. Occasionally over powered but mostly on the comfortable side with arms down and handles horizontal pulling the turns as necessary and holding altitude. I am still amazed at how much input is possible with long...
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23/10/2011 Blackheath

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The team kites have been washed and aired thanks to one of the younger members of the the team. There is still sand in the kite bags though! Seems like it is there by default.

Breezy on Blackheath today starting with vented and Green Race Rods but eventually switched to 4 wrap. Could have flown the Mega Vented which would have spared the...
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16/10/2011 Blackheath

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Another sunny Sunday. From 10:30am it was a Zen breeze until a residual weather front approached about two hours later.

We were four fliers and occasionally fell into team order.

Steve (goestoeleven) joined us when we had switched from Zen to 1.5... Steve had obviously enjoyed plenty of flying time since the last time he joined us on...
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09/10/2011 Blackheath

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The temperature is still not normal in London but not as hot as last weekend.

Full vented with Race just about held up today in the lulls but were sometimes over powered. I'm going to tie some new leaders with close 'figure eight' knots as an Autumn project as I need some extra brake points.

Four fliers today repeatedly...

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