Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

jtaylor wrote:I've changed them to / instead - hopefully that works?
J

Ah! All working fine now... thanks
JK

Incidentally, I am not receiving these pictures (nice ones Howard, read PM) on my Firefox browser and thought it was the same for all until you mentioned my nose... I switched to Micro$oft IE and get the pictures OK... I am still trying to figure out why this is. John The problem appears to be that...

Incidently.... Hasn't JK got an extremely large nose ??? Mine is a bit straighter than that, otherwise.... Incidentally, I am not receiving these pictures (nice ones Howard, read PM) on my Firefox browser and thought it was the same for all until you mentioned my nose... I switched to Micro$oft IE ...

http://www.stickledown.co.uk/balloon7.jpg Out of interest... this is the track we flew. The wind direction turned through about 110 degrees as we climbed a few hundred feet which was good for viewing the school. If anybody else is thinking of doing the same trip talk to Mike Scholes of http://www.c...

What an excellent set of photos. Good resolution (do you have higher?) - we should be able to get them on the CHA website if you're happy with that? Think it would be great to have some recent photos like that - a view not many can ever have had... J Thanks Julian... Higher resolution, - I have sor...

I can see into my parents' back garden! I have a nice picture of two people standing by the front door of #4 West Gun Copse. John. Could be my parents... The 'bigger picture' certainly shows the development of the old farm site... http://www.stickledown.co.uk/balloon5.jpg Good to see that the old D...

J.R. wrote:I have a conspiracy theory blossoming.

It's NOT scaffolding round the water tower. It looks suspiciously like an MOD early warning system.

Great photo's John.

Thanks John.
It could be a mobile phone antenna to cope with all the school traffic!

The bigger picture...

Great Plum wrote:I can see into my parents' back garden!

I have a nice picture of two people standing by the front door of #4 West Gun Copse.
John.

Superb pictures! You certainly had the best weather for it! Thanks.. I waited since last November to arrange the flight. - Waited for the leaves to appear on the trees and the good weather. We had both.. I would like to say a big 'Thank You' to the school for allowing us to launch from the grounds....

One more...
The vehicle in the field beyond the cricket pitches (in line with the white screens) was the launch site.
John.

Mid A 15 wrote:Great photos John! As you say a hot air balloon looks well worth it!

Thanks.. a really memorable experience...

Ah yes, I used to run around the cinder track... the mile and high jump were my speciality.. (sounds a bit like the punishments I used to get!)

http://www.stickledown.co.uk/balloon.jpg Thanks to all for the replies re the scaffolding on the Water Tower. (Topic) Hot Air Balloons - A Great Experience... We lifted off from 'Big Side', south of the cricket pitches, at about 8 pm, flew over Grecians West, between Thornton and Peele, over the te...

I see that there is scaffolding at the top half of the Water Tower and am wondering if any member here knows when it is scheduled to be removed. The reason I ask is because I have a ticket for a 'Hot Air Balloon' flight. If we can get the right wind direction to track over the school it would be be...