Our local park in Birmingham is holding a ‘Balloons and Tunes’ festival this weekend, and The Bloke and I joined about 14,000 other people to witness the hot air balloon display. It’s not something I’ve ever experienced before, and it genuinely surpassed all expectation – as the sun set they were lit up in time to various pieces of music, with spectacular effect!
Ooh, pretty…
Pretty…
Enjoying the rides…
In fact, the whole event was superb – it was full of people just enjoying themselves on the various rides with friends and loved ones, and it was a great atmosphere…
Even a little pug joined in the fun, although it must have been a bit too much for him after a while as it ended up falling asleep on top of one of the prizes on a stall… Bless.
Sleepy pug…
It’s the little moments…
Suzie Speaks 
Oh what fun, Suzie! I love hot air balloons although I’ve never been in one (yet)! It sounds like you and The Bloke had a brilliant time! Cher xo
We certainly did! We weren’t quite sure what to expect but it was a great evening!
It sure looks brilliant! That’s great it turned out so nice!! 🙂
Beautiful photos. I love Hot Air Balloon Festivals. And the pug – how sweet!!!!
I know! It sat on the shelf for ages and then just climbed on top of one of the toys and dozed off! I think there were more people standing around and taking pics than there were playing the game!
How cute and adorable. Poor tired puppy!!!!
I know it was so sweet!
Looks like so much fun!
It was! I must admit, I’ve never been to anything like that before and I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was a really great experience!
Looks amazing – I love balloons, would love to climb in one and be whisked away 🙂
I’m terrified of heights, so it’s unlikely that I’ll go for a ride in one, but I certainly enjoyed them when they were tethered to the ground haha!
That looks lovely,especially with all the balloons lit up, and the fair too 🙂
It was great! As it was in my local area I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from it, but it turned out to be a really great evening!
Every year Canberra hosts the Hot Air Balloon Festival. I have to admit that although it has been running for the best part of 30 years, I have never been. I have seen it on the news and it looks spectacular. You and the bloke appear to have had a great time and I would assume that the new camera got a workout.
Haha, yes it did – he spent ages going through all the differ settings! Why don’t you go next year Edgar? It was really worth it – such a great experience!
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