Fiesta

On my holidays again ....... when am I not I hear you ask :-)

Had a few days in England where I visited the Blue Anchor in Helston whilst staying with my friend Robin.

Robin

Fiesta started with a pretty good day. Up at 03:30, to the field by 05:30 for breakfast which consisted of green chillie chicken soup which was very good.

Dawn patrol took off by 06:45 before sun-up and flew in all directions as there was a box forming.

Dawn Patrol

For those who do not know a box forms when the drain winds coming from the mountains are in the opposite direction from the ground winds. Today the ground winds were from the South whilst the winds higher up were from the north. This enabled many balloons to fly over the field a few times.

With The first two days always being mass assencion days, for the weekend crowds, we were in the second wave of over 500 balloons registered.

Mass ascension

After seeing the first wave fill the skies and head off into the distance,

The first wave goes

We inflated and launched Keith in SkyAngel off into the wide blue yonder.

Keith, Dennis and Sandra in SkyAngel