[Sun 1st Apr 2012] Streatham Common Kite Day (London, SW163PX)

The 14th Streatham Common Kite Day will be on 1st April 2012 from 11.00am to 5.00pm. We will be featuring:

• Carl Robertshaw – world champion kite flyer
• Brighton Kite Fliers – with their large display kites
• Team Spectrum – now back at full strength with Carl having recovered from his knee injury

The Highwaymen will have their stall and will be selling kites and anything kite related.

Keep your fingers crossed that the good weather holds 'til Sunday.

Woo! Kite day Will try and make it.

Don't tell any South London Taliban. This sort of thing pisses them right off.

True they don't like any sort of fun, but the main reason the Taliban banned kite flying was the large amount of gambling that the Afghanis do on the outcome of kite fights.

Aha I know someone who might just like this.

I actually quite like the look of this

It's a good day out. The choreographed stunt flying is worth it

It's at the end of my street so I will be along at some point. It's the best thing that happens in Streatham all year.

Think it might be a bit much this weekend though, Im having a night out in brighton friday, paintballing in dorking saturday, so kit day in streatham sunday might be pushing it (although if im awake and i fancy a drive out i might cruise down).

Im assuming you can take your own kite?

Yep - there's plenty of space. The sky is full of kites

Oooh it might be good for photos

It's a good opportunity to take those "everybody doing the same thing, without doing it together" photos. Loads of people flying kites, all looking at the sky, but all in slightly different ways.

Ace. Should be there. With the kite I bought there last year and haven't flown since

It didn't exactly 'fly' at the time iirc foggers

Dp

We had a great time at this last year - weather/wind depending we'll be there on Sunday.

But remember the fun we had untangling the cords. Good times, good times.

"We"?

It was all Shifty. Her horrid child mocked me for it months later

I and my tweezers helped!

You selfish ingrate.

Apparently theres going to be bike repairs from bike doctors too: http://www.lambethcyclists.org.uk/2012/03/lambeth-cyclists-stall-and-doctor-bike.html

At this time of night?
The traffic between Brixton & Streatham must be harsh indeed

Seriously, kite day is fab. I've enjoyed it for many years as a high enjoyment, low cost day with the family. Would recommend it to all who are local.

ooh, it's windy out there today... if it holds out will be great kite flying tomorrow!

we wandered up to the rookery cafe for a (decent, home-made, rum&raisin) ice-cream at one point, and the wind was a fair bit stronger towards the top of the common - naturally enough I guess - higher = more exposed...

Roy - I wondered if, given that the display area needs zero infrastructure, you've previously explored the idea of having that area higher up the common...most of the stall-holders would be able to set up their pitches further up also, as there's the tarmaced path half-way up that's level enough to park up on. Just a thought, anyway, not griping - a top day overall, as usual.

Got there late with Belushi and quimz and either missed the MASSIVE kites (There was a clownfish last year!) or they weren't up Was lovely and sunny though

I'm no longer one of the organisers, but I'll pass this on to the right people.

okay cool,
I mis-construed the 'we will be featuring' form your original post...