Ballooning 
Third time Lucky – Sackville 2013
We had already booked a visit to Pete Bish’s Emporium on Friday 20th September and as Jane’s elderly dad had gone down with a touch of a bug when the call came through that Grassroots was a go-go it looked like it was touch and go for us but, as it ‘appened, we managed to… Read More ›
News update 18.09.13 – Sackville is a GO-GO
If you aren’t in the loop so’s to speak then the news from Sackville Launch Control is that the forecast for this weekend currently looks good so they are calling the event ON. Pilots attending please note the following: All pilots should register in the marquee before flying. Briefing times: Friday 1600, Saturday 0630/1600 and… Read More ›
News Update 05.09.13. Grass Roots
Please note the emergency notice from Team Grassroots which we reckon is a good decision not least because we couldn’t have done Friday or Sunday. As a first time ever camper, Lenny Vaughan is mortified however as he was looking forward to Christening his new tent. Team Sackville issued a hi-level press release that read……. Read More ›
Tivvy comes out tops – Happy flying by Helen Bray.
Ever since Arthur Street’s Communications Company sponsored the 1988 British National Championships held at the old East Devon College, Tiverton, he has been involved in Balloon Meets all over the place. His Ride Business, Aerosaurus Balloons, had been the Balloon Activity Directors on behalf of The Lions Club of Tavistock and Tavistock Round Table for… Read More ›
No White Horses just blue skies – PRBA Thirsk Meet
We had sun, we had film crews, we had flights, we had a solo and check out, we had carry outs, and we had cake. All in all it was a thoroughly pleasant, active weekend with good times logged in the memory bank, writes Elaine Smith. We had planned a lot of things to be… Read More ›
Henge Hoppers Meet – Yurts and Zorbing included
Henge Hoppers Meet – Yurts and Zorbing included When the note came through of the Pennine Region’s planned Henge Meet muppethad me didn’t quite cotton on to the location or meaning of the name. The Meet was held at Camp Hill a fantastic sort of outdoor centre not that far from the strangely little known… Read More ›
Light is nice – Ultramagic’s Tekno S- 50 Flight Test – by Steve Roake
In austere times the word “Downsizing” seems to be associated with reducing and consolidation and generally something of a lesser value. Not everything smaller is worse as I recently found when Alison Hougham invited me to take up a long standing arrangement to test fly her Ultramagic Tekno S-50. Launched in 2010 this remarkable system… Read More ›
Good sports – The Bedale Meet 2013.
Bedale is heralded as the ‘Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales’, and a very fine town it is to especially as its railway station is served by the Wensleydale Railway and the Black Sheep Brewery is just down the road! It is also host to the Bedale Balloon Meet based at the local Bedale Sports Club…. Read More ›
All alone and nowhere to go (Tribulations of Cloudhopper flying)
Extreme Cloudhopper flying is not that common. Getting into extreme Cloudhopper flying unintentionally is rather more common. If the conditions or wind changes you don’t have the security of a laundry basket to huddle in as you crash and bump at alarming speed across rocks and through hedges. As we always say, you are the… Read More ›
Flashback – Jumpin Jack
I’ve finally got round to going through the albums and boxes of photos left in the loft and places various by my old man who passed away a couple of years ago. It is a shame so many of the pictures, some which have clearly come from his father, especially family pictures, have no reference… Read More ›