I woke up this morning with a really sore neck. I hadn't been able to turn my head to the right all day without feeling it. I'd rubbed it, streched it, and kneaded it and the muscle in question just wouldn't relax. I have put this down to the fact that there has been no good kite flying winds since Sunday, and it's stressing me out. There's been wind, but from the south-east. It a lumpy, bumpy, indecisive wind and it just taunts me by bending the tops of trees one minute, and disappearing all-together the next.
My 'stress' theroy was proven this afternoon when I left work (still with a stiff neck) and went to the beach for a kite buggy blast. There was the first decent northerly sea-breeze of the week blowing, and a few kite-surfers were already out there setting up when I arrived. I didn't waste any time and went straight for the new Blade when it came to choosing a kite. I love that kite! Its got bags of power for its size and it delivers it hard and fast, with acceleration like nothing else I've flown. I spent about two hours buggying around the sand spit and covered 49.85km according to my odometer! The strange thing was that as I was driving home, I suddenly realised that my neck was almost completly back to normal. The stiffness had all but gone and I hadn't even noticed it going. So there you have it... kite buggying must be good for you! At least thats my story and I'm sticking to it!
The best therapy money can buy.
8:30:43 PM 
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