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Tagged With: balloon flights

Warwick Castle

I have previously mentioned our new launch site at St Nicholas Park in Warwick.  Russell did his first flight from there just the other day and managed to catch a quick piccie of the castle from the balloon.  STUNNING!  What a treat he and the passengers had on this evening flight with such beautiful light.  … Continue reading »

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New launch site

From the beginning of April we will be scheduling flights from the beautiful St Nicholas Park right beside Warwick Castle!  The launch site should prove to be very popular considering the spectacular views and photo opportunities passengers will get upon take-off.  With Warwick being so accessible from both the north and south on the M40 … Continue reading »

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New launch sites for our 3rd year with Virgin!

We are now entering our 3rd season flying the Virgin Balloon and Russell having checked out on his C group last year will be taking on a bigger balloon later in the 2014 season.  With a bigger balloon comes a bigger franchise area, which is great news.  So in addition to our current launch sites; … Continue reading »

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Mondovi, Italy

We  finally managed a ballooning holiday.  With 2 small children overseas holidays are something of a distant memory, but with some on-hand babysitting we have managed to bring our pride and joy G-PMSL to Italy for her first winter ballooning meet.  With only 1000 miles to travel each way we left UK with a team … Continue reading »

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Lovely to get a winter flight in

We took the opportunity to put together a flight today from Stratford Upon Avon.  It was a bit on the cold side but with a few layers we were set to be just fine.  I was super thrilled today as this was my first flight since April 2011 – which I know sounds rather spoilt … Continue reading »

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Autumnal flying:

With the official start to Autumn upon us we look forward to some more stunning balloon flights.  This is my favourite time of the year for flying.  Warm and rich colours reaching far across the countryside with the landscape looking well settled in.  The spring is also awesome for colour but I always think the … Continue reading »

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July – WOW!

…..and breathe!  July oh July how amazing.  What an absolute cracker.  The previous 2 years have been, lets say, dissapointing but this year has made up for them.  We have been flying mad – which is fantastic on so many levels.  We do what we are good at and our passengers, of which there will … Continue reading »

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Family Mascott

Our little boy Mylo, aged 16 months, is prepared to be our ballooning mascott this season: Every balloon company should have it’s own mascott and why not have your own son.  The outfit was bought courtesy of a friend, who no doubt knew something would come of it.  We hope our homegrown Mylo will bring … Continue reading »

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Floating at 3,000 feet – photos by Jermane Clarke

One of our passengers has posted a stunning set of photographs on his site. We took him and his lady flying on 2nd June from Shipston on Stour and not only has he taken some of the most beautiful balloon flight photos I’ve ever seen he has sent, with the link, a really lovely message: … Continue reading »

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It’s competition time……..

In case you’d not already heard Virgin Balloon Flights are running an interesting competition which may appeal to all you budding photographers.  It’s called “Love our Landscape” and you can share your images of Balloons, Landscapes, Farmland or Wildlife captured from a balloon or at ground level.  There are fab prizes up for grabs too: … Continue reading »

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