thanks guys (Spudley, and maxgtfc)....
by the way, I received a pm which reminded me of the issues I had earlier last year with my kite (honestly had forgotten, and also the kite is not affected at all). One of the seems was coming undone. I contacted Peter Lynn, and they straight away took the kite back and fixed it good as new. So there are no rips etc, the "repair" was merely re-stitching along the pre-stitched seam. Also, the aluminium spars are brand new, because I made a complaint about my ones because they had a crack along the length.
Anyway, if I don't get a response here by tomorrow evening, I am putting my kite (and harness etc) onto ebay.