At the weekend we
decided to go out to the golf club for a change of scene. As we went along the
prom we were reminded that it was the Catch the Wind Kite Festival weekend. We
usually ignore the various festivals arranged in Morecambe. They are designed
to draw in the tourists. This festival was certainly doing that. People were
everywhere. Music & dancing were to be heard & seen on every section of
the prom.
The reminder came as
we saw the sky full of colour. These were not the traditional box kites or
diamond-shaped kites. These came in all sorts of shape & colour.
The first that
caught my eye was a frogman in full diving gear swimming through the blue
skies. Then I saw Gromit piloting a plane with Wallace clinging on for dear
life behind. Some made you smile. Others wowed you with their beauty. All were
very individual.
It struck me
afterwards that Morecambe was a good place to hold an annual kite festival. We
rarely fail to have wind coming off the Bay, some days stronger than others,
but always blowing. It is the still day that is the rarity here. And a kite
festival certainly needs a strong probability of wind.
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