It's 6.15am and a couple of balloons have a go
The Old Buckenham Not Air Balloon Festival, Norfolk - 13th August 2023
Isobel's got three free tickets to the Old Buckenham Hot Air Balloon Festival, so we get up at the crack of dawn to try and catch the morning lift-off on the Sunday, with Isobel managing to lig Harry in on the gate. Somewhat predictably, the weather lets it down as although it's nice and sunny, it's also too windy. Even so, a couple of balloons give it a go and briefly get upright, albeit tethered down, although one of them burns holes all around the bottom of its envelope as it flaps about in the breeze whilst trying to inflate. After that, we generally hang out for a bit, as a couple of bands do their thing interspersed with Park Radio and its local-radio-off-of-the-90s soundtrack.
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One balloon gets in the air briefly
A fan inflates the second balloon
The KLM balloon is actually smoking as it burns
Both balloons make it into the air briefly
Harry, Andrew and Tilly Dog
Tilly Dog looks for some reassurance
Some cute animatronic dinosaurs appear
The Dinosaur wranglers meet the people
Harry sits on a rug and slurps orange juice
A bin is the only thing listening to Park Radio
Fred, Harry and Soph the Roph head off
The festival arena fills up
Fred does some sort of little dance
A couple of balloon envelopes are laid out
There's a band with a bass harmonica
A couple of burners point to the sky
A view over the campsite lake
There's a balloon theme in a marquee
Some comedy science experiments occur
There's fun with dry ice
The science demonstration is popular
Lex out of Jurassic Park watches the experiment
A dry ice cloud experiment
Someone flies a kite right over the crowds
We head off via the food tents
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It's 6.15am and a couple of balloons have a go
It's 6.15am and a couple of balloons have a go
One balloon gets in the air briefly
A fan inflates the second balloon
The KLM balloon is actually smoking as it burns
Both balloons make it into the air briefly
Harry, Andrew and Tilly Dog
Tilly Dog looks for some reassurance
Some cute animatronic dinosaurs appear
The Dinosaur wranglers meet the people
Harry sits on a rug and slurps orange juice
A bin is the only thing listening to Park Radio
Fred, Harry and Soph the Roph head off
The festival arena fills up
Fred does some sort of little dance
A couple of balloon envelopes are laid out
There's a band with a bass harmonica
A couple of burners point to the sky
A view over the campsite lake
There's a balloon theme in a marquee
Some comedy science experiments occur
There's fun with dry ice
The science demonstration is popular
Lex out of Jurassic Park watches the experiment
A dry ice cloud experiment
Someone flies a kite right over the crowds
We head off via the food tents