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Post by ekim on Jun 6, 2023 11:07:35 GMT
Relocated to Walmer due to road closures around Sittingbourne Fly-in on Sunday 11th June - Walmer. Weather permitting we will be flying on the beach to the rear of 'The Borrowpit' car park Kingsdown Rd, Walmer. Postcode CT14 7LH or what3words tilts.coolest.breakfast will get you close. We are scheduled to be at Milton Creek this coming Sunday. According to my quick trawl through t'internet the A249 is closed southbound this weekend. Can anyone confirm this please.
If that is the case then getting home will be a trial for many so I would suggest relocating somewhere else. Suggestions please.Mike  |
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Post by Gareth Williams on Jun 6, 2023 13:15:27 GMT
How about swapping it with The Lade?
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Post by ekim on Jun 6, 2023 13:19:57 GMT
Happy to do that if others are. I will await other comments and update the header tonight accordingly Mike |
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Post by evets on Jun 6, 2023 17:38:59 GMT
We are scheduled to be at Milton Creek this coming Sunday. According to my quick trawl through t'internet the A249 is closed southbound this weekend. Can anyone confirm this please. If that is the case then getting home will be a trial for many so I would suggest relocating somewhere else. Suggestions please. Mike There are multiple closure due for the A249 both north and southbound for the next year. nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/south-east/m2-junction-5-improvements/The M2 is also closed over night from 12 to 15 for resurfacing between J4 & 5 |
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Post by stevesue on Jun 6, 2023 18:36:27 GMT
We are not available this weekend
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Post by ekim on Jun 7, 2023 11:04:32 GMT
As Sue & Steve are not available this weekend would it be better to fly in the east as more members would be available? Mike |
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Post by Gareth Williams on Jun 7, 2023 11:58:01 GMT
Fine by me
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Post by ekim on Jun 7, 2023 13:50:45 GMT
Updated to Walmer Mike |
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Post by lighthouseleprechaun on Jun 8, 2023 9:13:53 GMT
I like the 'weather permitting' in the update. The long range forecast is very positive from the Met Office, with winds of force 3-4 (8-15 mph) and virtually no chance of rain, whereas the BBC are being more cautious and suggesting winds of 6 mph, with a 20% chance of showers, possibly thundery,
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they both say that it will be WARMER in WALMER than it has been recently. That must be good news !
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Post by lighthouseleprechaun on Jun 11, 2023 9:19:27 GMT
Good news indeed, for a change.
All my forecasting friends agree that the weather will be fair, sunny, warm, even hot, with very little chance of rain (there is still a warning of thundery showers, but not covering east Kent).
Winds will be light-ish 7-11 mph, force 2-3 (gusting 9-14 mph, force 3-4), variable , but mainly E, SE or S.
Suncream will be required, and possibly a sunhat, as UV will be very high, especially on a beach.
If the wind fails us, I'm sure the Kent Picnickers will have a great time. Paddle, anyone ?
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Post by ekim on Jun 12, 2023 10:48:45 GMT
A great turnout yesterday on what was a very warm afternoon at Walmer. Probably our best turnout for a fly-in for quite a while and we all managed to fly something. At least for the couple of hours the wind behaved it's self. It was blowing nicely when we arrived and I launched our Teddy lifter with the 5 gummi bears that had no seen the light of day for quite a while. Gareth already had an extended keel Mega Delta in the air. Barbara and I were joined by Gareth, Lighthouse Janet, MartinG, Peter and Steve P and were all putting colour in the sky when the wind dropped turned through 90 degrees before disappearing completely. Boy was it warm when the wind stopped! Eventually it returned and we had a long spell of a beautifully steady breeze that would have allowed almost anything to fly. With Barbara suffering from the heat we decided to call it a day around 6.30 and headed off to sit on Marine Road with fish and chips before stopping off at Basjan's to deliver chutney on the way home. Mike |
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