2 upcoming inflation events in April

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Just a heads up about a couple of inflation events in April.

Firstly, is the Bristol Balloon Collectors first inflation day on Saturday 20th April.
It will be held at Snake Meadows, Saltford, BS31 3JS and entry is £5 per head.

If the weather plays ball, they hope to inflate up to 30 of their collection, including shapes Thomas, Piggy Bank, Monitor and Mascot. They also said that G-SAFE, D-OBLI and D-OQHK (all of which I need) are planned to be inflated.
MJ Ballooning will be taking a couple of their shapes as well, including their rare shape that they are unveiling that day.

details here-

www.facebook.com/photo.php/?photo_id=710083097970413



The second event is the following weekend- Saturday 27th April- for the BBM&L inflation day, at Pidley, Cambridgeshire.

details here-

www.bbml.org.uk/

Lets hope for good weather in April!

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Bristol Balloon Collectors are also asking for help in the form of donations to help run their collection.
They currently have over 60 balloons in the collection, including classic favourite shapes Rupert Bear, Thomas the Tank Engine, BBC Globe….

Shape collection-

bristolballooncollectors.weebly.com/special-shapes.html


“Any and all donations are hugely appreciated your generosity will help us pay running fees such as garages/containers where we store all shapes and sizes, help us rebuild and save envelopes that either need some tlc or major rebuilds, help us with travel costs to bring envelopes over from Europe or travelling around the UK, refuelling after doing inflations and recently getting the idea of running an inflation day for the public & ballooning community”

If you enjoy seeing the old balloons at ballooning events, I’m sure they’d appreciate a couple of quid!!

www.gofundme.com/f/bristol-balloon-collectors?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

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Anyone considering the Bristol Balloon collectors inflation day on 20th April, here is their planned list of balloons-

G-BOFF
G-BOWL
G-BOWU
G-BPYV
G-BRHG
G-BSCI
G-BSGP
G-BSNU
G-BTKW
G-BUBY
G-BUPI
G-BUVW
G-BWGA
G-BWNS
G-BXBY
G-BXGC
G-BXND Thomas SS
G-BZDJ
G-CBHW
G-CLFL (OO-BOV) Mascot SS
G-CLXY
G-LTSB Sign SS
G-RIZE
G-SAFE
G-SEUK Monitor SS
G-SNKE Snake SS
G-TOOL

D-OBLU
D-OBWG
D-OQHK

Plus the surprise shape to be unveiled on the day!

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I have my parking and entry ticket Bristol Balloon Collectors first inflation day on Saturday 20th April. A couple of friends wanted to come but be aware tickets are now sold out and you can NOT get them on the gate. I contacted the Bristol Balloon Collection who advised “ Hi Bob, unfortunately we won’t be able to welcome your friends as we’ve had to make it an all ticket event which has sold out, we look forward to welcoming you apologies that we can’t help“.

So if you don’t have tickets and just planned to turn up you may have a wasted journey

Bob

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Good shout Bob.
Fortunately bought my ticket but I know others who haven’t and have had to tell them it’s sold out!

Appreciate they say it’s their first event but think maybe they need to release a few more….

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True ZZ, I guess they need some form of event insurance etc. which may limit numbers perhaps? looking forward to going. Besides Icicle, I went to my first proper balloon meet in Switzerland in Jan this year since Southampton in the 80s and really enjoyed it. Without Bristol Ballon Pres group the Icicle meet would have been rather sparse this so glad I can go.