Wairarapa Balloon Festival
 

Anyone else maybe planning on going to it? It's the weekend after Easter.

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We're planning on going :eek:

I think it will be lovely to look up at all those hot air balloons :thumbsup:

Where we lived in Yorkshire, there was quite a few balloons used to fly over. One day one of them lost a lot of altitude, just missed the top of our house and landed in a field just down the road :eek:

We had friends round and our hubbies said if we had stood outside talking at our usual rate, we could have helped them out. I think they meant we were talking a load of hot air as usual :blink::rofl::rofl:

Catkin

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oooh yes.. I read about that and fancied going. I'll tag along with you Maz if you are going:thumbup:

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Catkin, sounds lovely. :) There is/was a big balloon festival in Northampton (last place I lived in the UK) every year, wonderful! I counted 56 balloons in my field of vision at one time. :thumbsup:

M, you're on! If we go... ;) Still not 100%. Am trying to contact my mate out there to see if she'll be around.

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There's one in Levin this (Easter) weekend as well.

"Night glow" on Saturday evening around 7.30-ish - $8 for adults

Added bonus of not having to trail over the Rimutaka Hill road to get there as well :thumbup:

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Be warned we went to the Levin one 2 years ago (night glow) and there were about 6 balloons and none take off. They fill them with hot air and then let them down again. Was expecting bit more....

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Certainly a lot closer for you, hope it's great! :thumbup:

That seems pretty pointless... :blink: :confused: :thumbdown:

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Thanks for the warning!

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Well it kinda looked ok with the flames in the dark but....... Not even sure if balloons are allowed to take off at night for safety reasons.