Sunday, 5th May was a gloriously sunny day tempered by a cool wind. Out of the sun temperatures only just managed to reach about 16 degrees. This time last year we were enjoying a heatwave! Anyway, these were ideal conditions for flying kites and Ian and I arrived on Weymouth Esplanade in time to see the last couple of teams demonstrating their skills in synchronised kite flying.
The first (whose name I've forgotten, I'm afraid) flew six kites, each with four strings, in a stunningly beautiful and slow formation to some very haunting music, and somehow managed not to get tangled up despite sometimes flying just inches off the sand.
The second team - Team Flame - flying three dart-shaped kites with two strings each upped the tempo with a dramatic display in perfect time to Nina Simone's rendition of 'I'm feeling good'.
Finally, the second team joined up with another team of three with similar kites for some spontaneous flying. You can see a little clip on YouTube (my first!) here:
http://youtu.be/Q7Y2y7e-WhU
