The northerly breeze was mostly a bit under the 8-9mph that had been forecast.  We set up full vented Rev 1.5s and they were quite often a bit under powered.

Occasionally the sun was quite warm but there was enough cloud about to leave it feeling cold overall.

I had hoped to fly with Pino Palladino & Blake Mills ‘Notes with Attachments’ to see if it could work with the kites.  My impression was positive but it would need a good sound system!

I didn’t think that wind speed would be sufficient for the JMH Composite Kite (Della Porta): Four Squares but was persuaded to give it a try anyway.  Set up was without incident but I note that some of the yellow sleeves need to be firmly attached to the white rods.  The bridle pulled free first time and while the launches we achieved were quite dynamic it was clear that the lack of wind at the top of the window allowed the kite to drift to either side and effectively ‘fall off’ the wind flow.  No amount of running backwards would have made any difference.

The upshot is that the kite will fly happily if it needs to be tethered but will not respond too well to hand held line.

We ended back on the full vented kites flying with Ron Miles ‘Rainbow Sign’.

Felix