Came across this on the early morning walk. I wondered why it took so long to take off, then the penny dropped. What with the supergrid, the Ringway glidepath and a wind heading straight for several populous mill towns, this isn’t going anywhere. It must have been a practice. Ballooning may be the image of freedom, but everyone who does it has to learn sometime. Also, you can only go up or down. If there’s wind shear, I guess it gives you some choices over route, but not many.
Later in the morning there was a big shooting party out. It’s a Monday, a working day. These people can’t all be retired like me. I thought rich people were supposed to be super hard-working!
Good walk around the east slope of the Woodhead Pass. Saw the Lady Cross on the old Salters’ route.
