Trim Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Easter 2010

bumpydog

Don't forget the Trim Hot Air Balloon Fiesta over the Easter Weekend in the Porch Field, Trim, adjacent to Trim Castle. This will be a unique event with ONLY special shape balloons in attendence. We have up to 20 balloons lined up with the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog (in the national papers last week), the two Honey Bees from Arizona, Darth Vader, Bertie Bassett, Thomas the Tank Engine, to name a few. Sunday evening is the first Medieval Banquet at the Trim Castle Hotel. Tickets available for purchase online.

Full details at http://www.trimballoonfiesta.com

bitemybanger

Already have a day earmarked for it. what would be the chances of getting up in a balloon?

PauloMN

Yes looking forward to this one, as are my kids! Same question as above, is there balloon rides for the public at all?

pullandbang

There will be some really magic balloons at it...:D

bumpydog

bitemybanger wrote: »

Already have a day earmarked for it. what would be the chances of getting up in a balloon?

Sorry, there is no chance whatsoever. We are not operating our passenger ride balloons at this event as it is a 'special shapes' balloon event only.

Malcolm.

Gaspode

Looking forward to this!

Archeron

Especially the Night Glow event. I reckon there will be a lot of tripods around that night!

bumpydog

Archeron wrote: »

Especially the Night Glow event. I reckon there will be a lot of tripods around that night!

Many might not be quite so spectacular as this but for those who don't know what a Night Glow Event is....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZB3GkDh7E8

Joey the lips

Whats the story with parking at this event. Is there a charge in etc. I am thinking of bringing the gang. I am in duleek so its only about 15k from me.:)

bumpydog

Joey the lips wrote: »

Whats the story with parking at this event. Is there a charge in etc. I am thinking of bringing the gang. I am in duleek so its only about 15k from me.:)

Admission is free but on-site parking is €5 per car. There is street parking in the town leaving a short walk to the event.

bumpydog

Archeron

Looks really good, thanks for the info.

pullandbang

This is definitely going to be well worth a visit. That night glow looks amazing.
More pics here.

bumpydog

Does anyone know of any kiting clubs that might like to do a demonstration at the event in return for, say, a trade/club stand?

Malcolm.

cue

Try Pure Magic (the kitesurfing guys) in Dollymount.

bumpydog

bumpydog wrote: »

Admission is free but on-site parking is €5 per car. There is street parking in the town leaving a short walk to the event.

Be aware that there will be VERY limited street parking on the Sunday as the Chamber of Commerce have decided to close Market Street and hold a street market (yes, really). The organisers of the Balloon Fiesta were only made aware of this a couple of days ago.

Best to either use the onsite paid parking or park up somewhere short of Trim town and walk in from there.

SusieQue

bumpydog wrote: »

Don't forget the Trim Hot Air Balloon Fiesta over the Easter Weekend in the Porch Field, Trim,

Me & my camera are very much looking forward to it.. Hopefully get as good a shot as pullandbang

Archeron

Well I hope the parking is better organized than it was for the raft race. Half the Dublin road came to a standstill because people were just leaving cars everywhere around the area and traffic couldnt get through.

Still, hopefully I'll be in a balloon so wont care

bumpydog

Well, it looks like we might not have a webcam in place for the event. The postman was delivering it today and the gob****es in the halting site on the ring road stole it out of his van (it said 'camera' on the package) when making a delivery 2 minutes earlier. He was almost in tears when he called. Let's hope that the Gardi have to courage to go and sort it out.

Not impressed.

bumpydog

Fair play to the local Gardi who paid a visit suggesting they leave the stolen packages outside and they would be back in 10 minutes. If they weren't handed over, they would be back with a search warrant. Sure enough, they (two parcels had been taken) mysteriously reappeared. Result.

PauloMN

bumpydog wrote: »

Fair play to the local Gardi who paid a visit suggesting they leave the stolen packages outside and they would be back in 10 minutes. If they weren't handed over, they would be back with a search warrant. Sure enough, they (two parcels had been taken) mysteriously reappeared. Result.

Nice. Doubt the guards would be as obliging with anyone else.

Glad you got your camera back though.

SusieQue

bumpydog wrote: »

Fair play to the local Gardi who paid a visit suggesting they leave the stolen packages outside and they would be back in 10 minutes. If they weren't handed over, they would be back with a search warrant. Sure enough, they (two parcels had been taken) mysteriously reappeared. Result.

Glad to hear it!!!
Just saw the Balloon Festival mentioned on the Afternoon Show!

cue

Archeron wrote: »

Well I hope the parking is better organized than it was for the raft race.

The only parking arranged for the raft race was at the swimming pool and in the finishing field for the entrants only. I heard there was a traffic disaster on the new road while the raft race was happening but I also heard that this was due to a completely separate incident.

Did you miss the race because of it?

pullandbang

bumpydog wrote: »

If they weren't handed over, they would be back with a search warrant. Sure enough, they (two parcels had been taken) mysteriously reappeared. Result.

They obviously didn't want the placed searched under warrant :mad:

God only knows what would have been found..............

alanajane

Hope the weather improves!!

Crazy Taxi

I'll defo be heading to this, I've an hours drive so can anybody suggest which day might be best or will different balloons be displayed on different days?

bitemybanger

alanajane wrote: »

Hope the weather improves!!

Tiz a bit wild alright.
Keep the fingers crossed, its to last a few days:mad:

elius

bumpydog wrote: »

Fair play to the local Gardi who paid a visit suggesting they leave the stolen packages outside and they would be back in 10 minutes. If they weren't handed over, they would be back with a search warrant. Sure enough, they (two parcels had been taken) mysteriously reappeared. Result.

Anyone else they would have been carted off sickens me to the core.. Hope this weather improves blowing a serious gale at the moment though heard it was to brake before the weekend...

Andrew33

Weather up to Sunday is dire, will this gig go ahead anyway?

SusieQue

Crazy Taxi wrote: »

I'll defo be heading to this, I've an hours drive so can anybody suggest which day might be best or will different balloons be displayed on different days?

Full details at http://www.trimballoonfiesta.com
You can download a brochure from this site also.. No word on the site about any change in plan dues to weather so guess we'll just have to wait & see.. Its still pretty blustery in Trim at the mo.. No snow today though!

kc66

From http://www.trimballoonfiesta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=180

Can anybody believe the weather we have had so far this week? We are constantly checking the weather over the next few days and there is a bit of a mixed bag. At the moment, Friday is looking like rain could be an issue but the conditions are looking much better for Saturday and Sunday with rain possibly returning on Monday. We will update the WeatherCheck line (087 1223322) Thursday afternoon with the latest update. If possible, there might be a clear slot this evening (Thursday) and, if there is, we may try a Press flight with a few of the shapes, in particular, the Boyne Valley Honey Bees. Although the flight would be planned to launch from Trim, it might not be from the Porch Field, which is still being prepared for all the weekend's activities.

PauloMN

Spotted (just as I was having my dinner - saw a big bloody bee looking in my window) :

Apologies for the quality, they're from pausing the camcorder.







Kids were delighted to see them, my son kept asking where's Darth Vader though...

Archeron

I spotted them too, cool looking things.
Cant wait for this, have friends from the UK over for it, and am really hoping the weather holds up. Looks like the set up in the porchfiled is quite good too, that carousel on the top of the hill looks great.

pullandbang

I really hope the weather holds up. Had a walk around Porchie and everything looks great. looking forward to getting a few decent shots of the whole thing.

bitemybanger

Was up that way myself today and there were 2 balloons inflated, never seen one that close up before, they really are huge. looking forward to tomorrow, hope the Gods are good to us.

hmboards

How fixed are the flight times ? I left the house this morning with a clear blue sky. 20 mins later arrived in Trim but it was deep in fog. Do you just wait for conditions to improve or are you tied to certain times for flights ? Might try again this eve.

thetyreman

What would be a good time to hit this tomorrow,,,i think the weather is not to be to bad,,,

Prefect_1998

8am main flights tomorrow morning then late afternoon, that what announcer said today

dr. gonzo

Looking forward to Sunday morning!

Andrew33

A couple from Sunday before they abandoned attempts due to winds.

bitemybanger

The wind got up a fair bit today, put a bit of a kink in the day but still very enjoyable. will see about going back up tommorow if the weather holds.

pullandbang

Here's a couple of non-balloon shots from yesterday.

Candy Floss


Heat Haze


Air Sickness


Johnny

bitemybanger

Wow, you have a great tallent PaB.
All the pics you posted here are amazing.
Looking forward to more pics.

cue

Fair play to the organisers of the event. I've never seen so many people in the town on the Sunday.

bumpydog

cue wrote: »

Fair play to the organisers of the event. I've never seen so many people in the town on the Sunday.

We certainly didn't expect such huge numbers and we'd like to apologise to those who sat it out in the many queues in and out of the event. Getting the 2 minute slot on the main 6pm and 9pm RTE News on Saturday probably contributed to the attendance figures.

The Honey Bees are planning to stay until the end of the week so, hopefully, they'll be seen in the air on either Thursday or Friday this week.

Archeron

It is incredible how busy the town was, it was great to see it. A big market in the pirchfield would be a great idea I reckon.

alanajane

I have to write and say what a great day we (the family) had on sunday despite the bad weather. The atmosphere was electric and I think everyone had fun. I think it was apprecitated by all that the weather prevented a really spectatular day but what could be done about that??? Not a thing.. .many thanks to all who organised the event. It was great.

Patser

Myself and the Wife stayed for the weekend in the Castle Hotel and had good craic all weekend. Went to the Medieval Banquet too, which was all good fun although there were a good few empty spaces. Bit of a pity that no balloons got to take off either the Saturday or Sunday, but there was a great buzz around the field. Amazed at all the little kids who were ignoring the balloons, stalls etc and instead entirely focused on the bales of hay! Judging by this interest the Haymaking festival must be a smash hit.

dr. gonzo

Patser wrote: »

... Amazed at all the little kids who were ignoring the balloons, stalls etc and instead entirely focused on the bales of hay! Judging by this interest the Haymaking festival must be a smash hit.

Yeah - seen that alright!!

pullandbang

bumpydog wrote: »

The Honey Bees are planning to stay until the end of the week so, hopefully, they'll be seen in the air on either Thursday or Friday this week.

Well done Malcolm to you and Pauline and the rest of the crew. You all did a fantastic job to arrange such a brilliant weekend. Even with the inclement weather it was still brilliant. Imagine how much better had the weather been favourable?

Roll on 2011?

bitemybanger

pullandbang wrote: »

Well done Malcolm to you and Pauline and the rest of the crew. You all did a fantastic job to arrange such a brilliant weekend. Even with the inclement weather it was still brilliant. Imagine how much better had the weather been favourable?

Roll on 2011?

So is this going to be an annual event? Would be great.