In the second weekend of August every year, the largest balloon festival in Europe is held in Bristol, south west UK. This year it will be held on this coming weekend on the 9th to 12th. If you're near Bristol, or have a free weekend in UK, this is a great dayout or even a great weekend to spend in Bristol. The event is free (yes!!!!) and you can find more information here on the official website. In fact, previously I have written about what a great place Bristol is, you can check out my previous post on that.
全歐洲最大型的熱氣球展會年8月份第2個週末,會在英國西南部布里斯托城舉辦。 今年正好會在這個週末舉行。詳情可看官網。
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Althought I live nearby Bristol, I've never been to the balloon festival until a few years ago when I finally got my act together. I wish I'd done it sooner. Driving there was much better than expected. Although there was a lot of traffic, the whole parking logistic went really smooth and I didn't have to queue that long to park. The walk from the car park to the main venue was about 5 or 10 minutes from memory, which wasn't bad given the scale of the festival. As I got into the venue, I could see a lot of food stalls and fair ground games, this truely was a great family dayout event. The busiest part was this particular area which was packed with people, this is the launch field where all the balloons ascend.
我家鄉在布里斯托城附近,但前幾年才第一次去熱氣球展。 當天非常熱鬧,但很幸運不用等太久已可以進場。 場內中心點是這個起飛區,周圍都是人山人海。 我走到最前面觀看工作人員預備熱氣球的程序。
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I managed to squeeze up to the front to watch the people drive in to set up their hot air balloons. I'm not sure how the evening ascend programme works, whether everyone is given an ascend slot in advance so they can arrive on time. Or whether there's like a hot air traffic control team who directs who and when one can ascend whenever they're ready. Anyway, everyone was so busy here doing their own stuff, and not getting in each others' way. I thought its amazing how such a massive balloon in the air starts off as a small pile of fabric which can be fitted in the back of the car.
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Before the evening ascend, there was an air acrobat display show. If I remember correctly these planes were used in the world war, but I forgot which one and what the planes they are...
熱氣球起飛之前有一個空中飛行表演。 飛機是大戰時用的,但我忘記那一次大戰和什麼型號。 總之就是看到大家目定口呆。 而最令人嘆為觀止就是每一架飛機頂部站了一個人, 是一個真人噢!
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What I do remember they announcing was that with this particular team, the most remarkable part was that there is actually a person, yes a real human being, standing on the top of the plane as they are performing in mid air!!! If you zoom in you can see them, and I'm not kidding, that is not a dummy!
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Back to the balloons. It was ascend time and all the balloons were ready. Suddenly the launch field became very busy. There were balloons everywhere, different colours, different shapes.
熱氣球升空工作已預備好,很快地面出現很多不同形狀及色彩繽紛的熱氣球。隨著一個一個的熱氣球起飛, 轉眼間他們已在空中遨翔。
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Everyone was very exicited, waiting eagerly. Gradually, one by one the balloons took off and the sky above us was immediately filled with lots of colourful dots floating away.
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I took so many photos of the balloons that day, these are just a selection of my favorite, and I have so many more on my PC. But don't worry, I'm not going to spam you with a daily photo of balloons for the next few months. I have a lot of other great travel posts around the world that I want to share with you, so please stay tuned!
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諗緊去唔去好,好似迫過旺角。
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英國點都唔會迫過旺角嘅。如果未去過嘅話,係值得去,尤其你咁近。
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Thank you @travelfeed!!!
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That brings back happy memories @livinguktaiwan. Bristol is my home town although I haven't lived there for a very long time. Some of my family still do though. 😊
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Hello! Another Bristolian!! I was starting to think no one from Bristol is on Steemit and you're the second one I found this couple of weeks! Thanks for dropping by Gillian!
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Who is the other one then @livinguktaiwan? You're not from Bristol are you? 😊
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Near enough, I'm from Weston Super Mare, or Weston Super Mud as some of my friends call it 😣
@zoltanbristol used to live in Bristol but he went back to Poland earlier this year. And recently I came across @alexabsolute who's from Bristol but is currently living in China. So strictly speaking still no one actually IN Bristol. Maybe one will turn up one day...
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Ah. Good old Weston Super Mud @livinguktaiwan.
I spent many a happy day there when I was growing up. In fact I had my first camping without my parents experience there. I was 5 or 16 and went with my mates. Little did our parents know that we met a load of blokes from Essex and hung out with them most of the weekend.
When the parents came to visit on the Sunday, butter wouldn't melt amd there were no teenage boys in sight! 😂
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When I saw the title, I thought it was going to be many small balloons. Hot air balloons and so many of them. I don't get to see this in Singapore. Thanks for sharing as it is really an interesting event!
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Thanks. If you ever get a chance to come to Taiwan, we also have a big hot air balloon festival here every June (I think)
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Very nice! the pictures are great and the sky is full of activities that make your throat hurt :)
We have something similar in Romania at the Lake Surduc. Thank you for sharing these moments with us.
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You're welcome!
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一直想去看看,但还未成行
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難得英國今年夏天天氣那麼好,正好帶孩子去玩喔!
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哈哈,计划中
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欧洲能达到这么人山人海也是不容易啊 哈哈 Bristol这个我还是第一次听说 只知道瑞士那个代堡(Château-d'Oex)国际热气球节
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Bristol is great for street art as well if you're into it, apparently that's where Bansky comes from
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😂😂😂 this post cracks me up. You know what I’m talking about.
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I couldn't resist 🤪🤣
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Can we see more? Pretty pleaseeeeee 🤣🤣😍😍
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Let me point you to the right place >>>>>>
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Cool balloons. The first one is my favorite.
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I like that one as well!!!
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