do you shop at Tesco's?
you can use your tesco's club card vouches and stay at park resorts, there are a few on the east coast between hull and whitby. We had a week at withensea (not much in the village we did a lot of miles that week) and just had a week in the isle of white, all for free.
The kite festival at Beverley used to be a great weekend away, is it still going?
I used to do a lot around the north west until that lady got killed ay Lytham st anns (Great beach) then they closed all the beaches to use for a couple of years, thinking of getting the kite bag out again for a...
very nice, I made one from mild steel about 7 years ago, just give it a lick of paint once a year, still going strong! The hardest part was making the seat so you don't get dragged out to easy.
Where do you fly, do you also make your own kites?
last time i was there i think they were in the back left hand corner, but yes they do the liners, tips, shrouds what ever you want inc new welders!!!!. from what i remember Clark is a MM Brand, but im probabley wrong
There's a place in Blackburn/Darwen area, that does rent free if that of any help. don't know if they do pure argon but its worth a try, just do a search.
dave