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26th May - No wind, heading for Vandee
Had agreed to meet son Howard and family somewhere around St. Jean-de-Monts and needed to get setup on Saturday for their arrival on...
peter5587
Jul 4, 20221 min read
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26th May - Heading for Pornic
Bye Bye Camping De la Baie, an excellent camp site with very friendly and helpful staff - I don't blame you for locking me out - made...
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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23rd May - Kitesurfing at last, Kerhillio
A great kitesurfing location. There is parking by the beach and a beach bar. A great shallow water beach and on-shore wind. Kite-Spirit...
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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22nd May - Quiberon in search of kitesurfing
Drove the length of Ile de Quiberon but no wind and no kites. Found instead a popular bar with good Wifi so spent a few hours catching...
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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25th May - Another day kitesurfing
Needing a replacement for my 10.5m RRD kite I visited Kite-Spirit and bought a secondhand 10m Nexus kite. They then said they could...
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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24th May - kitesurfing gets errr, difficult
left Camping De la Baie to head past Carnac and out to La plage Kerhillio, good wind expected. Kite-Spirit were there and I bought a...
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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21st May - Heading South
Nice and dry to pack everything up and continue my journey south, heading for Carnac. After Quimper I noticed the oil light was on, I...
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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20th May - Back to the beach
I think I've got the hang of this buggy thing. Long runs, transitions (turns) but still crashing the kite too often. Today the wind was...
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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19th May - More kiting with the buggy
Wind very light not a good day for kiting. Tried a 5.5m Fusion foil but wind so inconsistant packed up and headed for the Super Marche.
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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18th May Kiting at last - of a kind
Down to the beach at St. Nic to find insufficent wind for kiting, but the buggies are out. Get set up with a 3.5m Bullet foil, self...
peter5587
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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17th May 2022 - France, it's been a while
Over night ferry from Portsmouth and I'm in Saint Malo and heading to Saint Nic in the morning. Three hours later, it's raining but I've...
peter5587
Jun 29, 20221 min read
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well...............
some said it might never happen - Ross maintained he said bye many times, but there I was ...... again! bye bye blighty. But what's next?...
peter5587
Jun 29, 20221 min read
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