What's the fun bit about flying a kite?

[Mysterian]

There was a small challenge getting it unwrapped and in the sky, then it just felt a lot like standing in a field holding a string. I gave it 5 minutes but it didn't choose to do anything interesting, so I wound it up and put it away. Did I miss the fun bit?

I’ve never managed to get one in the air!

Sending things up the string is the fun bit. But you do have to get it flying first.

There's deep joy to be had at holding the string of a thing that's flying high!!! It cannot be explained. Like..... Nope, nothing is similar.

I can't explain really but seeing it fly when you catch breeze is good fun.

Is higher better than lower with kites?

How do you and things up thethe string?

It's the getting it up and keeping it up I like. Even better if it performs stunts.

@Dilbertian loosely tied lightweight items. You get it up a short distance then it catches the wind and gradually goes up. We used to do that on the beach once you'd got the kite up and steady.

Watching someone else doing it successfully (or not!) in my experience 😃

You can move around while flying the kite. Sometimes a bit of running into the wind is needed to get it going.

Did you have children with you? Sometimes the fun for the adults is watching them flying it.

I moved round a bit. It wasn't much better. The kite seemed to be having the best of the situation, flying high and flapping it's tail. The string holder has the worst of it.