I've been very busy the last few days. Not because of Christmas, though. Christmas is not much effort at all in a bachelors lifestyle.
Tide and wind. The forces of nature have combined this week to provide me with almost perfect kite buggying conditions for three days in a row (three holidays no less). Mid afternoon low tides coincided with smooth Northerly sea-breezes. Rabbit Island beach on a one meter low tide is as wide as a rugby field is long, and about 8km of hard packed sand. I was out there for about 4 hours on into the evening on Christmas Day (after lunch at Mum and Dad's), most of Boxing Day afternoon, and back there today for more. Today I was joined by three other buggy pilots, including Bill and Marty from the Nelson Kite Club. There were also 4 or 5 blokarts there (looked like Christmas presents), which we had fun racing.
I haven't taken a single photo of any kites or buggies, but I did get a few landscapes in the late afternoon light on my way home yesterday.
10:12:18 PM 
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