It was a favourite Harley Club destination either for breakfast or lunch depending on how far you actually travel down the road. A must stop is the Bierfassl Restaurant where you can enjoy some wonderful Austrian food like eisbein, Austrian sausages, soups and probably some of the best pork ribs in the world. And off course their home brewed beer like, Tiddly Toad Lager and Whistling Weasel Pale Ale.
It's in Nottingham road that we took our second hot air balloon ride, first one some years back in Magalliesberg in Gauteng. This trip was indeed the best and if you have not done a Hot Air Balloon Ride it is highly recommended. Not cheap but an intoxicating and exhilarating experience not to be missed. It's important to pick the flight area carefully to maximised the experience and make it special.
We took off round 05h30 in the morning just as the sun was rising with champagne on board and one guy actually proposing during the flight. Beautiful 1 hour flight over some awesome terrain landing on a local school field. The experience typically include inflating the balloon, flight, packing up and then a hearty breakfast to share the excitement. Part of the fun is the fact that there is no guarantee on where the actual landing will be as this depends in the wind and how good the pilot is. Make sure you check the pilots credentials as our first trip ended in a crash landing in a ditch. No one hurt but still a bit traumatic.
The second one was awesome with some low level flying over a dam with the balloon close to the water and then up into the clouds with the eventual perfect landing coming in high over the trees and landing on the school field. The kids went mad and I am sure they still talk about it today as this was not a planned event. Obviously also a magic photography opportunity for any enthusiast.
Drifting just above the water!
I always look for that magic photo and here it is. A perfect shadow of the balloon in the clouds with a rainbow circle.
Flying over the fields, back up in the clouds and the perfect landing.
One of the most memorable things apart from the view is the sound of the burner and the absolute silence when it is turned off. Mind blowing.
Here is the rest of the photos.
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