There is only once place to start this weekend, with tens of thousands of people at Ashton Court and many more in and around the city being entertained by mass launches from the Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
Balloon fans were delighted to see a dry, sunny forecast for the weekend, meaning plenty of ascents took place.
But there wasn’t just one show in town – a charity bike ride held in memory of a Bristol student finished in the city, and dozens of leather-clad bikers headed to the Bath Road for a talk.
Heroes: About 30 Leicester University alumni completed a two-day cycle from the East Midlands city to Bristol to mark 10 years since the death of Dan Hickey, a Bristol resident who studied at the university. The ride finished at Bristol Saracens RFC, where an oak tree was planted in Dan’s memory. A fund set up in his name supports young people in sport and arts in the Bristol area.
Easy, tiger: Street art can be seen across Bristol, but it’s in Bedminster and Southville that you feel you may come round any corner and see a stunning mural, like this one on Ruby Street.
People power: Southville residents held a party to celebrate finishing their community garden and artwork on Upper Perry Hill in Southville, which features a mural by Bristol artist Andrew Burns Colwill.
Moving forward: Bristol PR and communications company Purplefish has joined the higher ranks of the 2,500 UK businesses classed as B Corps, a rating of organisations with high social and environmental standards.
Close up: Visitors to the Bristol Zoo Project, if they look very carefully, are sometimes lucky enough to spot a European lynx. The species once roamed wild in England.