Hot air balloons are fascinating and before you know where you are they can be addictive too. The variety of shapes and the dazzling colours makes them an ideal subject for photographing and you will be amazed at the stunning results that you get with the contrast of vivid colours.

Hot air balloons are not just fun to ride in and arranging a hot air balloon flight might just be the first step toward your collection of photographs taken from the air and on the ground. Armed with this you could be on your way to making up a calendar that is uniquely different form just about anything that you can see in the shops. So why not ask “Santa” for a digital camera for Christmas, arrange a hot air balloon flight, you will soon be on your way to that 2010 calendar.

You will have all seen him on the famous TV advertisements for energiser batteries, you know the “bunny” drummer that keeps going long after all the other batteries have run down. Well he has another claim to fame; he is the biggest hot air balloon in the world, yes in the shape of the famous hare.

Some of his statistics are that he is 166 feet tall, which is the height of a sixteen-story building and 15-feet taller than the Statue of Liberty that is some big bunny! What about those feet of his? They are gigantic but at least you will be sure of a happy landing. Unfortunately you will not get to see the energiser hot air balloon in the UK, but Balloons over Britain will guarantee you a smooth ride in a hot air balloon launched from a site close to you.

 One of the largest balloon festivals in the world kicked off in Warstein, a small town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, last weekend, which is regarded as Europe’s biggest gathering of hot air balloons. With the usual collection of shapes and colours that are now associated with hot air balloons, around 323 pilots from 13 nations took part in the festival which ran until September 13th.

With hot air balloon events and festivals, the success is dependent on the weather being kind, but meteorologists are forecasting decent hot air ballooning weather for the next couple of days. Hot air balloon flights are planned twice each day during the entire festival week, with teams from Germany, Netherlands, UK, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Thailand, including some of Balloons over Britain operators.

The variety of shapes and sizes of modern hot air balloons is vast and anyone who has been to a hot air balloon festival will testify to this. Generally a hot air balloon can take on just about any shape the only rule is that it should have sufficient hot air in the envelope to allow it to take people in the air safely for a hot air balloon ride.

For the most part the shape of a hot air balloon is an elongated sphere but this is normally very highly coloured and can also carry corporate logos or advertising messages. Increasingly Balloons over Britain’s local operators are taking part in sponsorship and events for local business and in these times when we are all looking to increase, or to maintain sales, hot air ballooning is a positive step forward. If you or your company want further information about this way of promoting your business, contact Balloons over Britain and we will be happy to give you all the information that you require.