Balloon ride over Fowlescombe - with aerial shots
August 2004
My son Robert hired the Virgin Balloon, piloted by Richard Prowse, for a party of friends to celebrate his birthday. Here are some of the photographs
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| Take off | Seeing a Virgin Train from above |
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| Captain and passengers | Long distance shot of Fowelscombe Estate - three miles away!! |
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| Another shot of Fowlescombe from the air | We landed safely and poised for the shot |
March 2001
In 2001 Richard and Robert took a balloon flight over the estate. Richard Prowse is the local balloon pilot that took us up. Here are some pictures.
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A blaze, and we are off. |
And up to 100 meters very quickly |
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Up, up and away |
Over the hill to see the farm house. Note the new plantation of below on Orchard Field |
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Farm house showing the old grey barn opposite the garage. That has now been removed |
Detail of the house - notice the kitchen is below the steel roof |
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Original appearance would have been very similar, expect the dorma windows have a curved roof and glass on the sides to see the views up and down the valley |
The old stables was very over grown. We have stripped off the ivy and rebuilt it. Here it is just before the replacement roof went on. Now used for horses and sheep in the winter |
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View that shows the stables and whole barn complex |
Five minutes later we cut a great view of Ugborough. Notice the beautiful church |
