Wet and Dry

Forecast for Thurday morning was good with the threat of winds picking up fairly quickly...Pilot called the flight on for 0600 on the outskirts of Bath....it pissed down...Met Office got it really wrong again...I feel for the passengers who got up really early to disappointment. We try very hard to make the right call but unfortunately we have to make a decision at least 3 to 4 hours in advance for an evening flight and realistically about 8 hours ahead for a morning flight.....not easy rolling the dice against nature!

Anyway, we called the Raglan flight on for Friday morning for a 0600 launch(to beat the rain).......airborne by 0610...cracking flight out towards Monmouth, landing on a farm that breed 'Bison'.....big lads..not to be messed with! Good retrieval and passengers back to their cars by 0830.....some you win and some you lose!!(Balloon Team 1 - Rainfall 0)