Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, a new event and site for us!
But that site did come with its issues .... Flying downhill, with the wind coming over the hilltop behind us, meant that our kites were in the wind shadow when launching and then suddenly in 15-20mph winds once they flew out of that wind shadow ... and because of the turbulence caused by the hill behind us, the wind would suddenly switch off (or even turn around 180 degrees) and the kites would just drop out of the sky.
We were not the only flyers struggling! The big inflatables also kept coming down as the wind switched off or turned around ....
We tried to fly as Flying Fish, we tried to fly as L-katz, but we never managed to keep the kites in the sky together for more than 30 seconds ...
We did try our best, but it just wasn't to be in these unflyable winds ...
