Balloon Meets

We had a very special ballooning week flying over the mountains in January.  Filzmoos is a small village about an hour from Salzburg in Austria.  Every year they hold the International Balloon Trophy and we have been attending for many years. As you can see from the photos they had a huge amount of snow - more in the village than we have ever seen before.  Although the weather was mixed we … [Read more...] about FILZMOOS 2012 – A very snowy Austria

We have just spent a week flying in the Austrian Alps at the International Balloon Meet in Filzmoos.  This year was the 32nd year of the event and we first attended in 1996 and in recent years have made it an annual event. Flying over the mountains is completely awesome and we are privileged to be able to make long distance flights of four or five hours.  The weather was very warm as we drove … [Read more...] about Alpine Flying in Austria with our new Balloon

We have all been on standby since the 1st October to take part in a record attempt for 75 balloons to fly across the channel.  As yet the weather and wind direction have not been right.  We have had a couple of times when we thought it may happen but the weather patterns have been changing quite quickly.  We are on standby until the end of the month but at the moment the wind and weather doesn't … [Read more...] about Cross Channel Challenge

22nd March 2010 was a day that had to be marked by some ballooning as it was Sarah's 40th Birthday!!  With the weather in the UK not being predictable at that time of year it meant we had to make it into an overseas balloon trip.  We visited Sunbird Lodge in Kenya which is run by Gunter and Othmar - two Austrian balloonists.    The lodge is absolutely fantastic.  You don't have to be a balloonist … [Read more...] about BALLOONING IN KENYA MARCH 2010