点评:After around 5 bookings cancelled due to bad weather, we finally got a perfect morning for ballooning. Early start at Rutland Water. After an excellent and reassuring safety brief we got a chance to help with the spectacular inflation. Then it was all aboard and away we floated. Matt, our humorous pilot, explained everything as we slowly drifted over the reservoir towards Grantham. He answered loads of questions, pointed out landmarks, and demonstrated the controls. It was interesting to note how he spotted animals ahead. Cows seemed to ignore us but horses, he explained spooked easily, so he increased height on approach to them. After around an hour he spotted a field that had been harvested and, with us all seated and secure in the padded basket, he plopped us down in the middle of it. No dramas just a couple of gentle hops. We all clambered out and started helping to deflate and pack up the balloon. The support team soon arrived. And Prosecco and orange juice flowed. After delivering a bottle to the farmer whose field we had used, the minibus delivered us back to our cars at Rutland. Just in time for a splendid breakfast at the nearby Rutland Water Garden Centre.
翻译:由于恶劣天气,大约有5个预订被取消,我们终于迎来了一个完美的热气球早晨。我们一大早就从拉特兰水库出发。在听完精彩且令人安心的安全简报后,我们有机会参与了壮观的热气球充气。然后,我们全部登机,开始飘浮。我们幽默的飞行员马特在我们缓缓飘过水库向格兰瑟姆飞去的过程中,向我们详细讲解了一切。他回答了我们很多问题,指出了地标,并演示了操控方法。有趣的是,他能识别前方的动物。他解释说,牛似乎不理会我们,但马很容易受惊,所以他在接近它们时会提高高度。大约一个小时后,他发现了一片收割过的田地,让我们都安全地坐在带衬垫的篮子里,然后他把我们放在田地中央。没有发生什么意外,只是轻轻地跳了几下。我们都爬了出来,开始帮忙放气和收拾气球。支援团队很快就到了。普罗塞克起泡酒和橙汁源源不断地涌来。我们把一瓶酒送到了之前用过田的农民手中,然后小巴把我们送回了拉特兰的车上。正好赶上去附近的拉特兰水上花园中心享用一顿丰盛的早餐。