East Anglian Kite Flyers Blog

It was really great to meet up on Sunday as a club to remember our dear kite flying friend Martin Corrie who sadly died too young from Motor neurone disease. It was a glorious sunny warm day and it was … Read More »

We were invited on Saturday to fly at the opening of the Sunspot Business Centre at Jaywick, Essex . It was a great event with a live band and choir, climbing wall, children’s’ rides, craft stalls and a lovely cafe … Read More »

It was great to be back this weekend at the Naze supporting the Essex Wildlife Trust The Naze Nature Discovery Centre. We had intended to do our usual kite display and our kite workshop. The kite workshop did really well with … Read More »

Well, the weather forecast the previous day didn’t look promising with little wind for most of Sunday. When we arrived at the Greensward at Frinton-on-sea, it was very overcast with a bit of a sea fret and absolutely zero wind. … Read More »

It was so lovely to meet up with everyone at our annual fly to remember our dear friend Martin Corrie who passed away from Motor Neurone disease in 2014. We were joined by his daughter Anna, son-in-law Richard and Martin’s … Read More »

For the first time since covid lockdown Pete our events organiser was contacted by the manager of the Essex Wildlife Centre at Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex to enquire if we could do a two day kite event over the weekend of … Read More »

For the first time since lockdown the First Light Festival was being held in Lowestoft and the East Anglian Kite Flyers were approached to put on a kite display as part of the event was being called First Kite for … Read More »

We had an absolutely cracking fly at Frinton-on-sea yesterday. It was probably one of the best days we have had flying there for a long time. We had one of those perfect 12-14mph north easterly winds which came from the … Read More »