A late start for me today, I arrived on the heath at about 11:30 am.

The breeze was basically from the west and some of the time it was about 17mph. Xtra Vents were the kite of choice and by default 4 wrap spars. It soon became evident that these were too heavy during the persistent lulls so we switched to Race Rods. Temperatures were sometimes summerlike but the thick broken cloud kept everything variable, including the wind direction in a typical summer Blackheath manner.

The swifts were performing low down today sometimes circling our position with dizzying speed, other times high aloft in their more familiar location.

Felix