Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2014

The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is in its 36th year and is Europe’s largest ballooning event. It was a spectacular, free, four days of fun for the whole family from 7th – 10th August 2014.

On Friday morning, I was lucky enough to fly with an amazing French team from Paris in their special shaped "Cockerel" balloon. We flew for approximately an hour in perfect ballooning conditions travelling south-west from Ashton Court and were part of 121 balloons that flew during that mass ascent.

Over the weekend, the visitors were also entertained by a number of other actvities including the Army Air Corp Lynx 7 helicopter, RAF Typhoon Display and the traditional "Night Glows".