Every year for the last 35 years, hot air balloons have floated above Bristol for its Balloon Fiesta, the largest in Europe. Half a million people visited the Ashton Court launch site this year - although we watched a 6am launch, one of the quieter times! Here is a selection of images.
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Bristol is an elegant city, water based, not too tall and not too overdeveloped. A balloon fiesta would not work as well in city that was a concrete jungle.
Yes, one would not not want to end up like poor Madame Blanchard:
http://tinyurl.com/q3muf35
Crikey! I hadn't come across her before - what a career (before it all went so wrong): Wikipedia article
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