On Saturday I went to Hampstead Heath to meet Chris for some kite flying. I walked with kite to the top of the hill, casually passing through the English National Cross Country Championships on the way. At the top of the hill I discovered a problem. The windspeed was 20-25, gusting 30 miles an hour. I considered flying the small kite, then I watched someone flying a 3.0m kite (my smaller kite is 3.6m) and being dragged around on their front with very little control of it. So we stayed on top of the hill for half an hour, watching people fall over, and helping a pretty lady fly her much smaller, more sensible kite. As I was launching the lady's kite, I noticed something disastrous happening with another kite flyer, so I turned, ran up the hill as fast as I could, and when I arrived there, saw that the kite was spinning round on the spot, a few inches off the ground, and the guy was still attached to it, being held down by a friend of his. I didn't know what to do that wouldn't injure me, but just then someone rode up on a bike, jumped off it and onto the kite. I joined him, and we held it down, and the guy on the end of the kite looked very relieved!
On Sunday I came back, and despite the fact it was still ludicrously windy, I flew anyway. I have a couple of minor bruises for my troubles, but Julie managed to fly the kite for about twenty minutes without injury!
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