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Location: Worcestershire
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26th February 2007
Kite buggying - boarding: Les Hemmes
Wind Direction: WNW
Wind Stength: 20-30
Surf / Sea State:
Air Temperature: 9
Sea Temperature:
Weather: Overcast, occasional sun
Max Speed: 42.3mph (knots - unless stated otherwise)
Distance Covered: 51.5 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)

Rich and I had the usual 6am start, got to Les Hemmes and the beach looked wet and it was totally deserted, concerned about the wet beach and a rumoured ban we decided to check out Bray Dunes. At Bray Dunes wind was cross sure and there wasnt much sand (well it was only 2 hours after a neap high tide) and what sand there was was pretty soft so watched a couple of kitesurfers braving it before heading back to Les Hemmes. When we returned the beach was drier and there were 3 German buggiers setting up so out we went. There was standing water on the first 100m of beach out from the dunes then it was dry with a film of sand blowing over the top.
I started on the 2.2m and was flying using the beach to the east of the car park (sand was slightly ripply but hard), clocking speeds in the high 30\'s, soon decided the beach and conditions were good enough to try a bigger faster kite and try and beat the 40mph mark for the first time. Setup the 2.8m and easily clocked 40.4mph, clocked 41.6mph and over 28 miles and decided it was time to stop for lunch.
After lunch headed west towards Calais, buggied all the way as far west as we could get right up to the old hoverport and the Calais harbour wall (5.1 miles from the car park), then did an awesome fast downwinder back stopping for some fast runs on the best bit of beach which was about 2 miles west of the car park. Clocked a new top speed of 42.3mph which I am very happy with but there is still more in the tank for next time!!
Wind died towards the end so did some cruising about and packed up just before it got dark, top day!!

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