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My parents bought me a flight in a balloon as a Christmas and Birthday present last year and Saturday was the day I was scheduled to fly. My mum had organised for me to take a flight during one of the launches at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta. After checking the weather reports on the Friday night it didn't seem likely that a Saturday morning launch would take place but given no cancellation message on the balloon company's weather check line I dutifully turned up to the launch meeting point at 05:30 on the Saturday. After hanging around waiting for the pilots to finish their briefing it was decided that the winds around 500-1000ft were just too fast to allow a safe landing for the balloons so no launches were allowed. Despite this, some of the balloons put on a show for the early risers and inflated their tethered balloons so we could get a look. I spent the time learning how they unpack, inflate, control and pack the balloons while snapping away with my camera and playing with the wide angle lens my friend Dave allowed me to borrow. I took around 3-3.5GB of images throughout the day before I finally gave up around 18:00 to drive home with a 'sun headache'. I thought I'd upload of few of the balloon ones for you too look at.

Tethered in the Morning: The Discovery Channel balloon flying tethered on the Saturday morning of the Fiesta while the Bertie Basset special shape balloon is being inflated.

Tethered in the Morning (Special Shapes): Bertie Basset, the Chubb fire extinguisher and the LG phone special shape balloons flying tethered on the Saturday morning of the Fiesta.

Bertie Basset Special Shape: Bertie Basset special shape smiling on the Saturday morning of the Fiesta.

Balloon Colours: An abstract image of the crown of the LG balloon.

Discovery Channel Balloon: The Discovery Channel balloon flying tethered on the Saturday morning of the Fiesta.