Saturday, August 30, 2003
Trick of the Eye Kites
Trick of the Eye Kites Another on-line Kite shop, prices seem v low, but then you realise they are ex. VAT. Even then prices seem OK and they list all the size info you need dimensions and m^2
New kite arrived today
Just took delivery of new (to me) kite 10' Flexfoil - original design - had to go and fly it of course, not much wind and very variable, but when it flew it flew (big grin) - can't wait to try it at ainsdale or somewhere similar.
Friday, August 29, 2003
Gibraltar Farm - The prettiest campsite in Silverdale
The prettiest campsite in Silverdale - maybe when it's not spoilt by noisy scousers tho' it is the sort of site where you can do more or less what you want so of course some do with the 'sod everyone else - we're only having fun' attitude.
Having said that, if you get a quiet week/end then it is the best place in the the world - avoid bank holidays and cup final weekends - and you should be alright - the warden (new for 2003) should help keep things from getting too bad - also helps if its raining and blowing a gale - keeps the fairweather gazebo campers away.
Oh and its usually fairly windy, but this week it wasn't - until we're packing up to go home, when up pops a fresh little breeze. The Tolla flies OK, but is not as sharp as the HQ Symphony 1.4 - will have to try on same lines for a fair comparison - also need to find out more about the NASA wing - it definitely does not like any turbulence or changes of wind direction.
Having said that, if you get a quiet week/end then it is the best place in the the world - avoid bank holidays and cup final weekends - and you should be alright - the warden (new for 2003) should help keep things from getting too bad - also helps if its raining and blowing a gale - keeps the fairweather gazebo campers away.
Oh and its usually fairly windy, but this week it wasn't - until we're packing up to go home, when up pops a fresh little breeze. The Tolla flies OK, but is not as sharp as the HQ Symphony 1.4 - will have to try on same lines for a fair comparison - also need to find out more about the NASA wing - it definitely does not like any turbulence or changes of wind direction.
Monday, August 25, 2003
How to make inflatable bladders using polyethylene and a soldering iron
How to make inflatable bladders using polyethylene and a soldering iron
Hmmm, would be interesting to find out if anyone else other than Stelios has made bladders like this? Still if it works it means that making an inflatable wing is going to be more possible than before...
Hmmm, would be interesting to find out if anyone else other than Stelios has made bladders like this? Still if it works it means that making an inflatable wing is going to be more possible than before...
Aaaah a bit of wind :)
Flew the new kite (a purple Tolla 1.4 foil) today, not too bad considering the wind was a bit gusty and had to wait til it was going dark before the wind came.
Kite was not as sharp as the HQ 1.4, but this may be due to the longer slightly stretchier lines. Will try swapping them but needed longer lines to get some clean wind on the local field - we don't all live at St Annes you know!!
Kite was not as sharp as the HQ 1.4, but this may be due to the longer slightly stretchier lines. Will try swapping them but needed longer lines to get some clean wind on the local field - we don't all live at St Annes you know!!
Sunday, August 24, 2003
WindGURU: Help / FAQ
WindGURU: Help / FAQ
Cool wind predictor site - pity its predicting not a lot - typical when you got a new kite you want to try!!
Wind at Blackpool
Wind at West Kirby
Wind at Ainsdale
Wind at Heaton Park - if the link works
Cool wind predictor site - pity its predicting not a lot - typical when you got a new kite you want to try!!
Wind at Blackpool
Wind at West Kirby
Wind at Ainsdale
Wind at Heaton Park - if the link works
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Monday, August 18, 2003
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Kiteworks UK (Chalkies) kites, fabrics & clothing.
Kiteworks UK (Chalkies) kites, fabrics & clothing.
As recommended for kite making bits by the good people I met at the NKG while attending the 10th Oldham Kite festival today. It was windy too, not a lot, but just enough ;)
As recommended for kite making bits by the good people I met at the NKG while attending the 10th Oldham Kite festival today. It was windy too, not a lot, but just enough ;)
Home - Greens Kites Online Store and Catalogue
Home - Greens Kites Online Store and Catalogue
Would you look at dat another 'local' shoppe wot google didn't find first time, but was on a link from The Kite Society UK So there!
Would you look at dat another 'local' shoppe wot google didn't find first time, but was on a link from The Kite Society UK So there!
Kiteshop
Kiteshop
This guy hasn't bothered to update his address, however the nice lady in the furniture shop in Fleetwood will tell you where he's moved to, or look for the kites flying on the seafront opposite the mount craft centre (old customs lookout - big hill 1/2 way down the front) oh and he's not open monday and won't let you have a look around even if you have made a special trip :-(
This guy hasn't bothered to update his address, however the nice lady in the furniture shop in Fleetwood will tell you where he's moved to, or look for the kites flying on the seafront opposite the mount craft centre (old customs lookout - big hill 1/2 way down the front) oh and he's not open monday and won't let you have a look around even if you have made a special trip :-(
Met Office: Weather and climate - North-west England
Met Office: Weather and climate - North-west England
Whats the wind gonna be like today???
Whats the wind gonna be like today???
KiteBuilder.Com - Your source for kite building plans, information, and kite making supplies
KiteBuilder.Com - Your source for kite building plans, information, and kite making supplies
US Site with a shop (Kite Studio) and other information pages
US Site with a shop (Kite Studio) and other information pages
GBJ Kites Contents Page
GBJ Kites Contents Page
A very helpful, if minimal, site. Also offers sales of spare kitemaking materials.
A very helpful, if minimal, site. Also offers sales of spare kitemaking materials.
Friday, August 15, 2003
Kitelife Magazine - Issue 8: Mar/Apr 1999
www.kitelife.com
What a wonderful place the wibbly wobbly web is - search for the same stuff over and over, then u type something slightly different and you find a site u never seen before! The site also has a link to a list of kites that are easy enough for kids to make which means that i'm in with a chance ;)
Also found this place which sells bits for making your own kite Cochranes of Oxford at not too expensive, tho fabric from Point North (see below) would prolly be cheaper.
And another reasonably priced kites n fings site - Windseekers - not much in the way of materials tho
Here's another let's hope they're not robbers as their name suggests... Highwaymen...these have materials and spars at reasonable prices
I will update/post again if I get any experience of any of the shops eg via mail order or whatever
What a wonderful place the wibbly wobbly web is - search for the same stuff over and over, then u type something slightly different and you find a site u never seen before! The site also has a link to a list of kites that are easy enough for kids to make which means that i'm in with a chance ;)
Also found this place which sells bits for making your own kite Cochranes of Oxford at not too expensive, tho fabric from Point North (see below) would prolly be cheaper.
And another reasonably priced kites n fings site - Windseekers - not much in the way of materials tho
Here's another let's hope they're not robbers as their name suggests... Highwaymen...these have materials and spars at reasonable prices
I will update/post again if I get any experience of any of the shops eg via mail order or whatever
Thursday, August 14, 2003
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Word of the day/week/year (depends how long til the next one comes along):-Tundish.
The laguage of the little known Tund peoples of Inner Mania ;-) but seriously...
tundish. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
A word I didn't know until today. How useful it will be I don't know...
''just hold still Sir, while I fetch my tundish!''
''New tundishes for old...new tundishes for old...''
BTW, word of the decade is 'patress' - I know what it means (a sticky on-y sort thing, like what goes between a light switch and a wall, or the curve of an aircraft fuselage skin and the flat base of an aerial) but no official/dictionary definition found as yet Google search for same
tundish. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
A word I didn't know until today. How useful it will be I don't know...
''just hold still Sir, while I fetch my tundish!''
''New tundishes for old...new tundishes for old...''
BTW, word of the decade is 'patress' - I know what it means (a sticky on-y sort thing, like what goes between a light switch and a wall, or the curve of an aircraft fuselage skin and the flat base of an aerial) but no official/dictionary definition found as yet Google search for same
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Queensland Kite Flyers Society Incorporated
Queensland Kite Flyers Society Incorporated
Another link farm for the list
Another link farm for the list
Mourning Dove Carving by Milford Hopkins
Mourning Dove Carving by Milford Hopkins
Good eg of the shape of a dove from above...;-)
With a view to carving one wid da saw - what did you think??
Good eg of the shape of a dove from above...;-)
With a view to carving one wid da saw - what did you think??
Monday, August 11, 2003
Kite Links
Gomberg Kite Store: Giant kites, parafoils, flowforms, line art, windsocks, Peter Lynn, Windfeather banners.
Interesting Commercial site, but with some tips on flying etc. - (which is nice):)
Kite studio
American store in Wescosville, PA (wherever that is!!)
Pointnorth
A specialist fabric mail order place - does ripstop (kite material) tho £3.75 per m^2 or bags of bits for £5.00
Interesting Commercial site, but with some tips on flying etc. - (which is nice):)
Kite studio
American store in Wescosville, PA (wherever that is!!)
Pointnorth
A specialist fabric mail order place - does ripstop (kite material) tho £3.75 per m^2 or bags of bits for £5.00
Slight name change
Due to an existing site using the same name - ish I have changed the name of the blog to no log (0) - cos there isn't mathemalogically speaking - so there!
Book of Styles | No table? No problem!
Book of Styles | No table? No problem!
Track this to learn more abt using CSS and mebbe pinch some ideas/layouts :o
Track this to learn more abt using CSS and mebbe pinch some ideas/layouts :o
Friday, August 08, 2003
Digital radio stream routed 'through a web page'?
Concertgoers Experience Phish Far Beyond the Stage
U might need to subscribe to read - u can always unsubscribe after
U might need to subscribe to read - u can always unsubscribe after
ooo look at my arsenal of computers!
OTT Journo speak or what!?!The Kinko's Caper: Burglary by Modem
Monday, August 04, 2003
Jardín ocultado
A hidden gem amongst the chemical works west of Manchester
http://www.vicaragebotanicalgardens.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.vicaragebotanicalgardens.co.uk/index.htm
Sunday, August 03, 2003
Cool - how to build an inflatable kite in 6 easy stages - lol
MIT Kite Workshop
All I need now is somewhere to get inflatable bladders (cheap), ripstop (cheap), dacron (cheap) - do you spot the theme here ;-) -a sewing machine that does triple zig-zag (free), etc. etc.
All I need now is somewhere to get inflatable bladders (cheap), ripstop (cheap), dacron (cheap) - do you spot the theme here ;-) -a sewing machine that does triple zig-zag (free), etc. etc.
[ P l u s N e t ] - The Smarter Way To Internet
[ P l u s N e t ] - The Smarter Way To Internet Current ISP - seem OK so far
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