Friday 8 August, Ian and I packed a picnic lunch of chicken, pasta salad, ginger beer and fresh baked blackberry crumble with cream and marched up to the park above the Clifton suspension bridge to view the launch of the balloons. The launch was delayed about half an hour but it was fascinating to watch the balloons emerge from behind the trees and pass by the bridge and eventually out of site. I counted 107 balloons. There were lots of lovely colours as well as some unusual shapes including a chicken, a kiwi, a fire extinguisher and a monster. The entire launch took about two hours and was fun to watch despite the cool breeze and cloudy skies. On Saturday we hiked over to Ashton Court to check out the launch site and the ground festivities. There were lots of carnival rides and games but not much was appealing since it was pouring. They cancelled the launch for that night as well as the following night launch due to weather conditions so it was fortunate that we saw the launch on Friday.
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