Britain by balloon.

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Britain by balloon.

Post by Dressinggown » Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:54 pm

First episode just been on Channel 5. Over Windermere. Virtually no narration just stunning images.

Lose yourself for an hour.

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Post by Bosscat » Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:05 pm

Dressinggown wrote:
Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:54 pm
First episode just been on Channel 5. Over Windermere. Virtually no narration just stunning images.

Lose yourself for an hour.
Certainly beats the 2 mtr Rule :D :D :D

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Re: Britain by balloon.

Post by HunterST_BFC » Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:08 pm

Dressinggown wrote:
Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:54 pm
First episode just been on Channel 5. Over Windermere. Virtually no narration just stunning images.

Lose yourself for an hour.
2 hours

But a chilled out prog'

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Re: Britain by balloon.

Post by conyoviejo » Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:16 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:05 pm
Certainly beats the 2 mtr Rule :D :D :D
It's a 2 mile rule up there. :D
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Re: Britain by balloon.

Post by Bosscat » Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:18 pm

HunterST_BFC wrote:
Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:08 pm
2 hours

But a chilled out prog'
Only 1 hr if you watch it in fast forward 2x :D

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Re: Britain by balloon.

Post by Hipper » Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:11 pm

If you like that sort of thing you might seek out the BBC 'All Aboard' series:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Four_Goes_Slow

There's been a couple more since, including a journey by train, ship and vehicle from north to south of New Zealand's two main islands.

Here's one on a canal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fElraViW08

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