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Fun with Photoshop – Vaporising


My Bugging Days are Over, For Now

It has been a while since I have written a personal log in this blog, and today I have chosen to formally let you know, that I have now officially finished with my kite buggying. I have also stopped completely building buggies. Let me explain the reasons behind these decisions, Firstly building buggies, as you […]


14.09.14 Mablethorpe

Had a play with keeping the horizon level, made for something a little different


Mablethorpe 21st July 14

Had a great day on the beach with my kiting buddy David Peck, we were also lucky to have Paul Simons with his camera with us, who took these great photos, its not that often I get in the frame so I was very happy to see his results. Although Paul took the photos, I […]


David Hobbs Front Mudguard = Quality

Once again I have been extremely honoured, this is the first David Hobbs Carbon Fibre Disk Fork Mudguard in Europe. When it first arrive from its long journey from Australia, I was very impressed with the quality and craftsmanship of the purpose made kite buggy front guard, and the best bit….it is made from carbon […]


Mable – Chillout

Short video of my recent trip to the East side of the UK’s finest Kite bugging beach – Mablethorpe


PTW THING

  Latest buggy out of the Gaff, this buggy is an amalgamation of a few different buggies, I have though made every part of this buggy, and because of this hybrid, it has been called the PTW THING…it is nearly Halloween right. It has been dressed in its latest Halloween outfit by Buggybags, and protected […]


Mablethorpe Blessed us with a Perfect Beach

The wind was SSE meaning not quite perfect for Mablethorpe, the Winds were light too around 10-12mph, I was using the 9.4m Vapor, which caught me out a few times in the turns as you will see in the video towards the end. The beach itself was SUPERB, I have never seen it in such […]


Bolton Le Sands – Mission


Bolton Le Sands Summer Meet 2013

The recent Bolton Le Sands meet was in my eyes, a complete success, Bolton le Sands, by the way is a large village and civil parish of the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, NW England, it also has one of the best unrestricted non bucket and spade beaches in the UK, it can also be a dangerous […]


Mablethorpe UK Delivers the Easterlies

We dont get many, but when we do we like the welcome the easterly winds gracing Auntie Mables shores, and there is no better way than  to get your kiting gear on the beach at the first opportunity. There was a nice crowd this weekend, probably more freestylers than anything else, and the skills these guys displayed […]


Its been a while since I made a video

Chillout session on a sunny summers afternoon, and the sound track  by my youngest son Daniel Lambert


PTW with the PL Vapor


Photo of the Week

This is the power of photoshop, the original photo which is a great shot taken by Lauren Mcgavin at the No Barriers13 meet. I took 3-400 photos myself so was happy when I saw Laurens photo with me in it, she kindly sent it to me, and I could not resist playing around with photoshop […]


The Long Winter

I don’t know if it’s me just getting older, or the winters getting longer, but this one in the UK seems to be dragging on forever. I remember years ago when I started buggying, there were around 15-25 of us local to me, we would meet up every weekend at a local buggy spot inland, […]


Have a Little Tweet..!

I am new to Twitter, and still learning its ways… Follow @popeyethewelder   Building Kite Buggies– popeyethewelder.com fb.me/1XvRaTfWF — popeyethewelder(@popeyethewelder) March 11, 2013


Probably the Most Rigid Buggy Frame


‘Back Rest’ and Frame…Almost Done

To stiffen the frame up you have a couple of options, you can either put a cross brace inbetween the rear rails or a back rest….I call it a back rest because that is what I make it look like, but in reality, it is not. It is a brace. Buggybag seats offers more than enough […]


Another Cold Day in the Garage

Woke up this morning wanting to work on a buggy, only to find it had snowed all night, my garage like most in the UK offers no heating, another cold day in the garage. More photos HERE


PTW Patriot Buggy

The latest buggy to roll out of the Gaff, named by the new owner the PTW Patriot Buggy, made with two front ends. More photos HERE


Sand on my Wheels

Video from my recent trip to Mablethorpe Sep 2012  


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Mablethorpe Revisited

Great day on the beach, see some more photos HERE


Ohhhh its great to hit the beach again