Mersey River Festival - Balloons



In addition to all the river based events this year (2001) several teams of hot air balloonists were also present. Most of the balloonists were sponsored by large businesses.

Hot Air Balloons Details
The Mayor of the Wirral even took part (in this balloon), flying across the Mersey (2000). This year (2001) we have a different mayor (no there wasn't a ballooning accident last year).
I bet you have never seen a cheese this big! (2000)
Anyone really thirsty? (2000)
A certain UK based mapping firm seems to have been the sponsor for the next team. (2000)
This picture was taken in the evening and it had just stopped raining. Not the ideal conditions for photography. This year all the balloons remained tethered because of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth in the UK among farm animals (2001)




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