To be honest Mike, I did not pay a great deal of attention - I was not planning to fly that day so I did not digest the notice which was pinned very prominently on the board.
I simply recall a height of 2000' above the Beacon being mentioned, but I can't recall the radius or any other details.
It just concerned me that the commentator was so gleeful in his comments about reporting light aircraft to the CAA, especially when, from my observation two of the aircraft veered off before passing overhead.
As you quite rightly say though, it is/was bad airmanship to get so close to a publicised event no matter how the notification was made.
Genghis,
It was none of those.
It was a place called \'Ashurst Beacon.\'
This has raised my interest now and I would be interested to see just what the reality was as opposed to what the Kite Flying commentator said.
Location - Ashurst Beacon (close - NNW 2 miles - to M6/M58 VRP)
Date - 04/06
How can I find this information now?