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Where to go hot air ballooning in Aberdeen and fly over the Aberdeenshire Castles like Fyvie Castle and Castle Fraser during Aberdeenshire balloon flights:
Virgin Balloon Flights organise hot air ballooning in Aberdeen leaving from Aberdeenshire locations like Fyvie Castle and Castle Fraser.
Book a Balloon Flight.
Aberdeenshire balloon flights leave from these locations and each flight lasts about an hour but do please allow several hours for your hot air balloon experience so that you can take part in safety talks and presentations, take photos and even enjoy a glass of champagne with your fellow passengers and the crew of the hot air balloon. Each hot air balloon basket, like the one in the hot air balloon photo above, will hold up to 19 passengers.
The hot air balloon landing depends on the weather conditions but the organisers will ensure you either land back at your departure point or are driving back. This ensures you can meet any waiting relatives or get back to your own car. Waiting friends and relatives are able to follow the hot air balloon in their own cars but cannot travel in the promoters vehicles because of insurance and safety.
Book a Balloon Flight.
Qualified pilots will ensure you have a safe and fun experience as you float above Royal Deeside soaking up some memorable sights.
When you go for a hot air balloon ride in Aberdeenshire you can take in the stunning scenery, wildlife and sights for miles, an ideal photograph opportunity. There are now balloons taking to the skies from National Trust For Scotland properties such as Crathes Castle, Fyvie Castle and Castle Fraser. Before your flight you can even help fill up the balloon!
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Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
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These flights make the perfect gifts for loved one, or even just an indulgent gift present to yourself.
For more details visit the website
www.activitysuperstore.com
for more information and to book or buy a balloon flight.
Other Scottish balloon rides take place at Angus (Glamis Castle), Inverness (Brodie Castle), Lanarkshire (Biggar), Perthshire (South Inch Park), Fife and Perthshire.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
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Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
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If you are booking a hot air ballooning In Aberdeen experience and what to learn some interesting facts about balloon flights some fun achievements can be found in Guinness World Records
. This includes the first passengers in a hot air balloon flight, first non-stop circuit of the globe and solo circumnavigation by balloon, the longest hot air balloon flight, fastest speed in a hot air balloon, the largest object lifted by helium balloons and the longest duration flight by helium balloons.
During your hot air balloon experience in Scotland you will be given some hot air ballon safety advice which may include:
The person going ballooning will need to be aged over 16 or accompanied by another paying adult if he or she is aged between 8 to 16 years of age. No child aged under 8 years is permitted to go ballooning.
The ballooner must be at least 4 feet and 6 inches in height and not weigh more than 18 stone.
For safety reasons it is highly recommended that people who are pregnant, have recently had an operation, have epilepsy or suffer from a heart condition does not go hot air ballooning. Ballooners will need to be reasonably fit and active to get into the hot air balloon basket and to stand for the duration of the hot air ballooning flight.
Because of the unpredictable Scottish weather it is recommended that you book the balloon flight for the spring and summer months from April to September. The natural light conditions are much better during these months. Do book early though to avoid disappointment.
The cost of the balloon flights includes the safety presentations, champagne drink, the balloon flight and a special presentation certificate signed by Sir Richard Branson and the balloon pilot.
In addition to buying a hot air balloon voucher you can buy hot air balloon gifts such as a Virgin flight shoulder bag, binoculars, baseball cap, pen, keyring, mug and DVD either before the balloon flight by mail order, or on the day of the hot air balloon flight. Some hot-air balloon flight offers will include these packs at specific times of the year. For example the Scottish Sunday Post newspaper had an offer to get a free limited edition Virgin flight bag which contained a heavyweight branded pen, a key ring, a DVD, compact binoculars and a baseball cap in June 2007, just in time to make the perfect Father's Day gift experience.
A balloon flight in the Aberdeen area makes an ideal Father's Day gift experience. Most hot air ballooning companies in Aberdeenshire have a Balloon Flight Father's Day offer, coupon or discount code to help reduce the cost. Most will issue a voucher that your father can redeem as a balloon flight Father's Day present at any time of the year, weather permitting.
Read more about Castle Fraser.
Read more about Fyvie Castle.
Read more about Glamis Castle.
More activity events in Aberdeenshire.
Balloon flights in Aberdeen made the news headlines during the summer of 2009 when the Virgin hot air balloon landed in Inverurie and Kintore after its flight from Castle Fraser. Though these were safe flights and landings, celebrated as usual with champagne and the arrival of the retrieval team the balloon was considered too near residential property and Kintore Primary School. As always with Virgin hot air balloon flights the pilot chose a safe and open landing space for a gentle landing.
Hot Air Ballooning In Aberdeen - Aberdeenshire Balloon Flights
Where to go hot air ballooning in Aberdeen and fly over the Aberdeenshire Castles like Fyvie Castle and Castle Fraser during Aberdeenshire balloon flights:
Virgin Balloon Flights organise hot air ballooning in Aberdeen leaving from Aberdeenshire locations like Fyvie Castle and Castle Fraser. Book a Balloon Flight.
Aberdeenshire balloon flights leave from these locations and each flight lasts about an hour but do please allow several hours for your hot air balloon experience so that you can take part in safety talks and presentations, take photos and even enjoy a glass of champagne with your fellow passengers and the crew of the hot air balloon. Each hot air balloon basket, like the one in the hot air balloon photo above, will hold up to 19 passengers.
The hot air balloon landing depends on the weather conditions but the organisers will ensure you either land back at your departure point or are driving back. This ensures you can meet any waiting relatives or get back to your own car. Waiting friends and relatives are able to follow the hot air balloon in their own cars but cannot travel in the promoters vehicles because of insurance and safety.
Book a Balloon Flight.
Qualified pilots will ensure you have a safe and fun experience as you float above Royal Deeside soaking up some memorable sights. When you go for a hot air balloon ride in Aberdeenshire you can take in the stunning scenery, wildlife and sights for miles, an ideal photograph opportunity. There are now balloons taking to the skies from National Trust For Scotland properties such as Crathes Castle, Fyvie Castle and Castle Fraser. Before your flight you can even help fill up the balloon!
Follow us on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Contact Me.
My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
Book Or Buy A Hot Air Balloon Flight
These flights make the perfect gifts for loved one, or even just an indulgent gift present to yourself.
For more details visit the website
www.activitysuperstore.com
for more information and to book or buy a balloon flight.
Scottish Balloon Rides
Other Scottish balloon rides take place at Angus (Glamis Castle), Inverness (Brodie Castle), Lanarkshire (Biggar), Perthshire (South Inch Park), Fife and Perthshire.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
If you are booking a hot air ballooning In Aberdeen experience and what to learn some interesting facts about balloon flights some fun achievements can be found in Guinness World Records
. This includes the first passengers in a hot air balloon flight, first non-stop circuit of the globe and solo circumnavigation by balloon, the longest hot air balloon flight, fastest speed in a hot air balloon, the largest object lifted by helium balloons and the longest duration flight by helium balloons. Hot Air Ballon Safety Advice
During your hot air balloon experience in Scotland you will be given some hot air ballon safety advice which may include:
The person going ballooning will need to be aged over 16 or accompanied by another paying adult if he or she is aged between 8 to 16 years of age. No child aged under 8 years is permitted to go ballooning.
The ballooner must be at least 4 feet and 6 inches in height and not weigh more than 18 stone.
For safety reasons it is highly recommended that people who are pregnant, have recently had an operation, have epilepsy or suffer from a heart condition does not go hot air ballooning. Ballooners will need to be reasonably fit and active to get into the hot air balloon basket and to stand for the duration of the hot air ballooning flight.
Because of the unpredictable Scottish weather it is recommended that you book the balloon flight for the spring and summer months from April to September. The natural light conditions are much better during these months. Do book early though to avoid disappointment.
The cost of the balloon flights includes the safety presentations, champagne drink, the balloon flight and a special presentation certificate signed by Sir Richard Branson and the balloon pilot.
Hot Air Balloon Gifts
In addition to buying a hot air balloon voucher you can buy hot air balloon gifts such as a Virgin flight shoulder bag, binoculars, baseball cap, pen, keyring, mug and DVD either before the balloon flight by mail order, or on the day of the hot air balloon flight. Some hot-air balloon flight offers will include these packs at specific times of the year. For example the Scottish Sunday Post newspaper had an offer to get a free limited edition Virgin flight bag which contained a heavyweight branded pen, a key ring, a DVD, compact binoculars and a baseball cap in June 2007, just in time to make the perfect Father's Day gift experience.
Balloon Flight Father's Day
A balloon flight in the Aberdeen area makes an ideal Father's Day gift experience. Most hot air ballooning companies in Aberdeenshire have a Balloon Flight Father's Day offer, coupon or discount code to help reduce the cost. Most will issue a voucher that your father can redeem as a balloon flight Father's Day present at any time of the year, weather permitting.
Read more about Castle Fraser.
Read more about Fyvie Castle.
Read more about Glamis Castle.
More activity events in Aberdeenshire.
Balloon flights in Aberdeen made the news headlines during the summer of 2009 when the Virgin hot air balloon landed in Inverurie and Kintore after its flight from Castle Fraser. Though these were safe flights and landings, celebrated as usual with champagne and the arrival of the retrieval team the balloon was considered too near residential property and Kintore Primary School. As always with Virgin hot air balloon flights the pilot chose a safe and open landing space for a gentle landing.
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