Wednesday, 6 June 2012

The Queen's Diamoned jubilee celebration weekend

The Queen's Diamond jubilee celebration weekend of ballooning events
Monday 4th june 2012

with it being the Queen's Diamond, celebration's happened everywhere all over the uk. including events that was happening ans dome events included hot air balloon events to take place especially on monday eve and monday night, the first being monday eve up on bristol's durdham downs flyout and a bonfire beacon was set alight, then we had a night glow over in bath, batheaston that very same night.
I also found a night glow video that happened in kdderminster.
here are some of the weekend's high-lights for your delectation back at home,
for u lot to enjoy :)

GOD SAVE OUR QUEEN!! sky lantern special!!!!

on Bristol's durdham downs before lift off

allie dunnington on/during her flight

this happened in culham, near oxford a nice bit of paramotoring around balloons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9tCP4vsLw&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9tCP4vsLw&feature=endscreen
this bit of lovely ballooning was done by matt rowley fying in the aero balloon and to add to it the music was awsum lovely to add to flying.

these next lot of videos are from liam whitlock ballooning so hope you dont mind liam,
 for me to share them on to my ballooing blog, would be grand!!!
just 1 question liam where is part 1, 5 to mate? if you know where, that would be useful.







with many thanx to liam whitlock for these vids very nice and short.
just want to know the where abouts of vids part 1 and 5?? other than that all very good


this next vid i am found briefly on it.
i was about to help out the cameron new balloon that got built at last years BIBF 2011
this vid i am found briefly on it.
i was about to help out the cameron new balloon that got built at last years BIBF 2011

monday night - balloon nigh glow from bath's solsbury hill
 in batheaston, bath
Monday 4th June 2012



in this vid the balloons were seen from a house a few miles away


the night glow was very successful wiv accoridng to news reports,
I heard  about 200 people attended this balloon night glow.

I also came accross this. another hot air ballloon night glow.
this came somewhere from kidderminster
hope you enjoy

from the Cookley Club near Kidderminster

a beacon got set alight for the queen's Diamond celebration's

the Queen's Diamond jubilee flypast - 5th june 2012

to end the celebrations here is a bonfire/beacon set alight from the Bristol's Durdham Down's on monday night the 4th june 2012

part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

and finally part 5

hope everyone has enjoyed the queen's dimoned jubilee celebrations and enbjoyed whatever they did, was an awsum experience to watch the queen over the weekend enjoyin her celebration's and was awsum to go and see actual live events i.e being ballooning on the bristol durdham downs and attending a late night balloon glow up on solsbury hill in batheaston, bath. everything was just great.
then watching a flypast the next day of differnet types of aircraft including the red arrows.