The worry is over. Briggsy arrived safe and sound and we're getting on just fine. I did however come down with a strange virus (or something) last night. My ankles got really sore to the point where I could hardly walk, then I started breaking out in cold sweats. I hope its not an allergic reaction to Briggsy. She thinks I'm trying to get out of horse riding... not so. I fact I'm kind of looking forward to that now that the idea has sunk in. Its been years since I've been on a horse but I remember enjoying it then.
Yesterday we had SW winds which around here are not the best for kite bugging. I had spent the day at Rabbit Island with a big group of school students from work. They were having there end-of-year picnic and their teacher asked if I would go along and bring my kites and buggy. I arranged the loan of a buggy trailer too so I could take them for rides. Unfortunately because Rabbit Island is a North facing beach, and a southwest wind mean there is only an unpredictable, gusty wind there, at best. Normally I wouldn't have bothered trying to buggy in that wind, but they were all expecting a ride (or at least to see a kite buggy in action). So I had a go. It lasted all of about 15 seconds before a big gust grabbed hold of my 8.5m c-quad and literally launched me up out of the buggy seat (lucky I didn't have my seatbelt on at the time), carried me 15-20 meters through the air, and dumped me into the tide! Although it was a real 'crowd-pleaser' I wasn't to keen on repeating that performance. I stood up, took a bow for the applauding onlookers, and packed the kite up. I had to feel sorry for the lad who had been first in line for a ride on the trailer. Theres no steering, so when I was launched, he was left in a pilot-less buggy, that was rolling fast into the tide too, with no way to stop it short of bailing out, which he did... too late. He ended up as wet as I was. We were both still smiling though :)
By the time I rushed back to town to pick up Briggsy from the bus I was running late. Fortunately, so was her bus.
So today its either horse riding, kite buggying, or both. The forecast is predicting a fine clear day, with afternoon sea breezes... perrrfect.
Briggsy's travel companion, 'Humpy' relaxing in the morning sun, on my porch this morning.
8:22:11 AM 
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