Wellington Country Park Kite Festival

Sunday 7th April 2002

Location: Wellington Country Park, off the A33 Reading to Basingstoke Road, Hampshire.
Organised by: Kites Up.

This was the second annual kite festival held at Wellington Country Park, and it was blessed with beautiful weather and good winds.

This year the festival was held in a large field adjacent to the main car park, which meant there was plenty of room for everyone to fly kites. Although the wind was strong for most of the day, it changed direction often, which made it difficult for some of the kites to stay out of the trees. We have never seen so many kites stuck in trees in one day!

Surprisingly, the early April weather did not disappoint. It was warm and there was not a cloud in the sky all day. Time for shorts and t-shirt and a tub of ice-cream... ahh!

Wellington Country Park is a popular place for families to visit and so the childrens' Kite Making Workshop, run by the White Horse Kite Flyers, proved very popular.

Andrew Beattie's Manta Ray and Gecko		Roy Broadley's shiny new creation
A relaxing day out in the sunshine
Blue parafoil dancing above the trees	A couple of the kite casualties...

Links:

Kites Up - organisers and traders at the festival.

White Horse Kite Flyers

See our Festival Report from 2001.