has anyone heard that national trust is trying to ban windsurfing and kitesurfing at dru bay??

Where did you here that?
Which area of the Druridge are you talking about?

Hi. It would be really useful to know if this is just a rumour and if so where it's come from especially as kiters have been building up a really good relationship with the warden at Druridge Bay centre over the last year.

I've sent an e-mail to him asking if it is a rumour or anything that as kiters we need to be concerned about and taking action on. I'll let you know what I get back.

hi someone was talking to a guy from boulmer life boat crew and he said he had overheard someone say they could stop watersports at certain parts of duridge bay thats all i know

The National Trust area is the South of Drudidge Bay - the entry from the Widdrington Inn area.

The area close to the Centre is Crown Land, leased by Morpeth Council and Managed by the Country Parks. It is not National Trust area. The relationship there is very good with the wardens and I see no reason for that to change at all.

Other areas of the Northumberland Coast are National Trust, where Kitesurfing takes place.

I will try and find out on Tuesday what is happening and what can be done.

Hi All

Below is the response from the warden at Druridge Bay Country Park, which I think makes it plain and clear that they are all for kiting at Druridge and have no intention of stopping any kiting activities at the Bay. If anything they want to see more.

Hi all.
What ever the National Trust have said about the SMALL area of the bay they manage has no reflection on the current use of Druridge Bay Country Park.
I as manager of Druridge Bay Country Park have been actively encouraging as many none motorised sports and other family friendly activities within our area.
I see it as a positive use of the bay by working alongside all of our user groups, from Power Kiting, Windsurfing, Horse Riding even to the families sand castle making.
I hope this make it quite clear that we have no intention to prevent Kiting of any sort in the park.
I feel we have made huge leaps over the last few years encouraging all the above users, so much so that we now have a working Code Of Conduct with Power Kiters and Power Surfers, which clearly identify sate areas for these sports to take part.
We are now working toward biannual meetings with each of the groups to aid in the safe and considerate use of the park for all.

I have attached the code of conduct leaflet with map,

Graham Mitcheson

Site Manager
Druridge Bay Country Park


I've forwarded the code and map to James in the hope that he can upload them onto the forum somehow.

Hopefully we all have a bit more peace of mind now.
Bye!
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Hello Everyone,

Here is the code of conduct and kite map images for Druridge Bay. If we all stick to these there should be no reason for us to cause any probs





Cheers,

James

thanks for clearing up this matter