Bloody Weather

What has the August weather been like???????????......July was pretty pants and our hopes for August have been largly dashed, save for the odd couple of days here and there!......however this weather pattern is very similar to the past two summers, which became favourable in September...........so ever the optomist!!!

Back again

Well I am back in circulation, just, after moving from the shallow gene pool of Melksham to lovely Corsham!

Balloon flights have picked up again after a couple of very poor weeks due to the weather.....this last week I have been out on 7 launches from Monmouth to Glastonbury, Bath to Marlborough.....some with exciting take-offs..........others with dramatic recovery stories including a landing in Somerset where the police turned up to innvestigate a reported 'crash landing'.....until my colleague explained that balloons do land with the burner on to help slow the aircraft down, and do 'bounce' along before coming to a halt sometimes!