Tagged With: balloon flight
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
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
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
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
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
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