Grounded and Deflated..............with a bump

[Kev Pugh]

Driving home this pm came a cross this Hot Air Balloon arriving rather quickly into a field next to where I was driving. My chance for my 366 was seized but wanted to post a few more....

Coming Down


Coming Down by Kev Pugh, on Flickr

Bump!


Bump! by Kev Pugh, on Flickr

..........And Down!


.........And Down! by Kev Pugh, on Flickr

All safe and sound

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice series Kev, of a sight you don't often see. I trust a 'shoota' wasn't involved in precipitating any of this was it?!!

 

[Kev Pugh]

Cheers Pete I do seem to remember a member of the 82nd floating around somewhere round there

Oh did you know theres only two things that fall out of the sky...........Birds S@#T and ............

 

[Pete Askew]

Plus the odd satellite that didn't quite make it to Mars!

 

[Dave Moss]

Great set Kev

 

[adrian jordin]

Bristol is a national centre for hot air ballooning and we host an international fiesta every summer. Once the weather becomes settled enough, ballons overhead are quite frequent. As they often fly over the city you can get landings like this in your garden!

I've been woken up to the view out of my bedroom window of a pilot frantically pumping the burner in order to clear the roof top...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That looks to be a 'hard landing' Kev - well captured

You might want to offer a shot or two to the passengers for their insurance claim!