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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
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
Lovely testimonial
We received a lovely email from a passenger we flew recently. Lovely to get such positive feedback: Hi Russell, Apologies for not sending this over before – I just wanted to say how fantastic our balloon ride was We all had such a brilliant morning, and it was extra special by being able to go … Continue reading
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
Amazing testimonial and Blog post…..
“Hi Russell, Just wanted to say thank you to you and the team at High Road Balloons for the hot balloon ride experience that you provided for me and my girlfriend, Nina. The experience was thoroughly enjoyable and is certainly an experience that will be memorable for the years to come…….Also, I posted a blog … Continue reading
Our new joy….
After many years of hopes and dreams, well perhaps 9 to be precise, we have bought a new balloon!! Hurrah. We have had some lovely balloons over the years and have enjoyed flying each one of them: But we are thrilled to bits to be the proud owners of custom built G-PMSL: If you see … Continue reading
Nice media coverage….
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 … Continue reading
Wow! Hello March
It’s the first weekend of March, the first weekend of the ballooning season and what a weekend! We got 3 flights up and away from Stratford, Shipston and Cheltenham. Amazing and so many happy passengers. Please, let’s keep our fingers crossed for more days like this in spring and let’s hope 2013 will be a … Continue reading
Not long to wait….
Goodness. now some may say that winter drags on but wow – we are nearly there. March is very near and our diary is OPEN. We have sceduled flights for all of March and April so please book your date. We anticipate being very busy this season and are really looking forward to getting out … Continue reading
Winter ballooning
Well it sure is winter at the moment. With snow flurry after snow flurry I am beginning to believe we’ll be stuck here for a good while! Russell is flying in Mondovi, where it is sure to be cold but I’m fairly certain he has escaped this winter wonderland. I am not complaining, I think … Continue reading