I do know that sun screen is needed even when there is cloud cover… and we did not get to Dunstable today!

Blackheath is looking very brown after the last few weeks of summer weather but it was quite damp underfoot after last night’s ‘torrential’ rain.

A mostly brisk SW breeze so it was Xtra Vent with Race Rods today. Rowan was in the line again today so he was led into inverted side slides ‘just for fun’. As we were told back in 1991 it’s best not to think about it too much ‘just do it’.

The un-cut seed heads of plantains and a variety of other plants proved to be something of an issue today. Some of the dried stems were particularly tough and sometimes it was necessary to go down the lines to un-hook them. (Memories of recently cleared scrub on a muddy field near the east shore of the Sea of Galilee come to mind…)

I’m on vacation from the end of next week and plan to take part in a bit of cycle touring in SE England. Kites will not be involved but the meeting point on the first day will probably be Blackheath and the destination will be Broadstairs via Whitstable and Margate.

Felix