Pembrey, Pembrey, Pembrey.☺

Well it had to be done didn't it! A small gathering of the CLSC clan met up at Pembrey for the Bank Holiday weekend. My exhaustive searching meant that Saturday seemed to be the only day to get in a session on this famous welsh beach before the Bank Holiday weather turned foul. Jim and I set off on the Saturday morning intending to do at least a day trip, with the possibility of staying over if we were too knackered/drunk to make it back on Saturday night.

Arrived at the beach at 10:30 Saturday morning to find the tide receeding and a nice flat, hard surface appearing. Straight out with the kit - no time for photos. The wind was North Easterly which meant at one end it was directly offshore, at the other end it was about 20º offshore. However this meant it was lumpy, having come across Wales and Pembrey Forest. Never mind, we buggy in Hudson's Field - that makes us hardcore!

What a challenging 5 hours I had. Buggied almost non stop, with a few quick breaks to chat to Jim and the locals. It really did take some skill to control the kite even though the direction meant that I could travel 5 miles up the beach and back. Didn't break the top speed, but did 38 miles and topped at 42.5 mph. Seemed to pick up a nasty vibration from the front tyre, which wasn't there at the last Ho! session, but maybe that was because I pumped it up for the hard beach. I think Jim enjoyed the trip aswell, just not as hardcore!

Part of the trailer broke on the way back, but we managed to catch it before we killed anyone on the motorway! Can't wait for the next meeting and looking forward to actually camping and having a few beers with the local crew. That is one monster beach and with the wind coming onshore, and the whole depth of the beach to play with, it's got to be worth the 3 and a bit hours to get there.

Bring on the summer and the south westerlies please Dieter!!