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Nice media coverage….

Posted by on March 26, 2013

Russell did a lovely flight the other day and wrote into the Virgin Balloon Flights office to tell them about his wonderful sighting of the abandoned village Middle Ditchford, near Shipston on Stour.  The Cotswold News have decided to print the fantastic story with a couple of photos too :)  Sometimes these wonderful things happen and it just wouldn’t be fair to keep them to ourselves.  Not only did his passengers aboard the big red Virgin balloon have a great time picking out the streets, village pond, church and other such village features but now everyone reading the Journal can join in too.

Middle Ditchford was abandoned in the 1500′s after a period of economic decline in cereal production when sheep farming became preferable.  Russell had seen images and read about the village in books but had never seen it for himself despite conducting many flights from Shipston and many more from surrounding areas.  Virgin Balloon Flights have also written a great Blog post about Russell’s adventure and you could fly with Russell from Shipston on Stour by purchasing a Virgin Balloon Flights voucher.

 

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