Comments on: The International Balloon Festival at Chateau d’Oex http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex Food - Photography & More Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:28:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25115 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:48:32 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25115 <i>You should have been there</i> If they ever fly over Lincolnshire I will be ;) You should have been there
If they ever fly over Lincolnshire I will be ;)

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25114 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:02:37 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25114 Miles, Surely this would hold no interest for Rod..... nothing but glamour, free lunches and Swiss watches :) Whatever happens stick with this job, it sounds like a good 'un, very varied and challenging. As fabulous as hot air balloons are and aren't we all mesmerized when we see them... you'd never get me in one, not even if Daniel Craig himself begged. I'll be the one on the terrace drinking something sparkling and eyeing up the local fondue :) watching you and Laura floating about and Melissa skiing down that hill. Cid p.s. were the Lindt gang there? :) Miles,

Surely this would hold no interest for Rod….. nothing but glamour, free lunches and Swiss watches :)

Whatever happens stick with this job, it sounds like a good ‘un, very varied and challenging. As fabulous as hot air balloons are and aren’t we all mesmerized when we see them… you’d never get me in one, not even if Daniel Craig himself begged. I’ll be the one on the terrace drinking something sparkling and eyeing up the local fondue :) watching you and Laura floating about and Melissa skiing down that hill.

Cid

p.s. were the Lindt gang there? :)

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25111 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:49:20 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25111 Rod, You should have been there to offer your hot air services :mrgreen: Miles Rod,
You should have been there to offer your hot air services :mrgreen:

Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25110 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:48:14 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25110 Laura, They do but I didn't because I was having a business lunch when it all started in earnest. Then I had to catch the 4.30 train to Montreaux so no time alas. Yours sounds like fun though :) Miles Laura,
They do but I didn’t because I was having a business lunch when it all started in earnest. Then I had to catch the 4.30 train to Montreaux so no time alas.
Yours sounds like fun though :)

Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25109 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:45:57 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25109 Anne, It was quite stunning, have to say. Usually Im not that bothered about this sort of thing but my word.... Miles Anne,
It was quite stunning, have to say. Usually Im not that bothered about this sort of thing but my word….

Miles

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25107 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:39:17 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25107 Sounds like a load of hot air to me ! Sounds like a load of hot air to me !

]]> by: Laura http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25105 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:10:49 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25105 Did they offer rides? Really worth doing if you could. I did it years ago over one of the US deserts. We took off at dawn and watched the desert come to life as the sun rose. (This included seeing some folks on the large ranches meandering about in their jimjams and nighties to fetch the morning paper!) Landing was a bit rough and inglorious but all and all the silence when the gas isn't igniting to keep one aloft makes it different from any other sort of small craft flight. Can't wait to see the photos! L Did they offer rides?

Really worth doing if you could. I did it years ago over one of the US deserts. We took off at dawn and watched the desert come to life as the sun rose. (This included seeing some folks on the large ranches meandering about in their jimjams and nighties to fetch the morning paper!)

Landing was a bit rough and inglorious but all and all the silence when the gas isn’t igniting to keep one aloft makes it different from any other sort of small craft flight.

Can’t wait to see the photos!

L

]]> by: Anne http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25103 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:23:26 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/the-international-balloon-festival-at-chateau-doex#comment-25103 Miles, Wow, what a fabulous sight. We came unexpectedly across a ballon festival in Austria some years ago. We were driving through a valley and suddenly came upon these huge balloons, fun characters of all shapes and sizes. A photographer's delight. Looking forward to seeing some when you are ready. Anne Miles,
Wow, what a fabulous sight. We came unexpectedly across a ballon festival in Austria some years ago. We were driving through a valley and suddenly came upon these huge balloons, fun characters of all shapes and sizes. A photographer’s delight. Looking forward to seeing some when you are ready.
Anne

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