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Post by DaveM on Nov 13, 2009 6:20:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 18:04:01 GMT
I am fed up with hearing about Fuerteventura as I am sure you all must be. So read no further IF you don’t want to be enlightened! I said I would do a write up so here it is.
Twenty two years this kite festival has been running, and two years ago I intended to go but never got around to doing anything constructive to attend it other than a lot of talking . This year it finally materialised due to being totally arranged by ‘someone else’ who I will not name, and thank him for his efforts in planning and arrangements that all meshed faultlessly!
Leaving a cold and dark UK it was a pleasant surprise to be transported back in time in just four hours, to the best summers day we have ever had in the UK, and then some! Light evenings, hot sunshine, good winds. What a great time of year to have a festival in Fuerteventura for us Brits when our evenings are cut short by the clocks going back and the sun hovering on the horizon even at midday, an eye opener to what is available if you can afford it!
Lots of members here make the annual pilgrimage to Fuerte and sing its praises, but never LOUD ENOUGH, in my opinion I think it’s a bit of a kiting secret as just saying it was ‘Great’ doesn’t do it justice. The climate, food, people and area around Corralejo were first class….do yourself a favour next year, cancel your summer holiday and go there instead, I guarantee it will then be on your calendar as a festival ‘to attend’ and you get to fly kites without feeling guilty! OK I was dragged ‘shopping’ as the shops shut around 1pm but opened again from 7 till 10, a small price to pay for a full days flying.
Actually I won’t tell you what went on, come next year and see/feel it for yourself! A minimalistic festival with relaxed organisation, FREE T shirts, enamelled pin, food and drink served on the beach, and kiters from all around Europe participate in a ‘free for all’ fly in…that is gleefully appreciated by the locals and school kids that come out on an organised trip/lesson that they will remember for some time, its not everyday they get to see big kites! There is also a nice tradition where flyers bring a little ‘gift’ to exchange with each other, a nice way to introduce yourself to fellow kiters that breaks the language barriers!
I counted around twenty people I knew from the kiting scene in the UK, some I didn’t recognise at first, as I was used to seeing them with their clothes on! |
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