Tissington, 07.30	Sunrise	Not refugees!	Ready to inflate
			08.15. Ready to heat - but with fog closing in
Postponed: Tissington Church	Tissington Hall		12.30: Restart: balloon turned and ready to inflate
Inflating with cold air
Heating the air; basket on its side		Ready to board	13.10: Up, up & away. Our crewman with the jeep & trailer
	Graham Dorrell, our pilot	Tissington Hall	Over the hill, near Banton Grange Farm
Over Dove Dale The sun fully out!	The party in the air Photo: Graham Dorrell	Photo: Graham Dorrell	Photo: Graham Dorrell
Photo: Graham Dorrell	Photo: Graham Dorrell	Over Dove Dale Photo: Graham Dorrell	Approaching Alstonefield over Mill Dale
Looking back down Dove Dale
Alstonefield Church	Belted Galloways		Alstonefield
Our crewman, overtaking us		Enjoying the calm
	Approaching the Manifold Photo: Graham Dorrell		Hulme End; the station and engine shed of the former Manifold Valley Railway
14.15: Landing	Landed, with us in the upper compartment Photo: Graham Dorrell	Ready to be folded up	Triumph!
Happiness	Our Balloon, back on its trailer waiting for the next outing	Tissington: champagne for the celebration	16.00:Our Crewman and Graham, our pilot
Two companions, just engaged!	The route		Our certificates
Over Tissington: a rival balloon on an evening flight. what we must have looked like from the ground

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