{"id":290097,"date":"2025-07-25T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/290097\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:22:10","slug":"hot-air-balloons-fly-in-mass-ascent-over-bristol-ahead-of-fiesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/290097\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot air balloons fly in mass ascent over Bristol ahead of fiesta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">A fleet of hot air balloons took to the sky over Bristol at dawn ahead of this year&#8217;s Bristol International Balloon Fiesta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">A group of pilots gathered on College Green to tether several balloons while eagerly awaiting the decision from experts to confirm whether they could fly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The weather conditions allowed for the mass ascent and residents were able to see a preview of what is in store over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The world-famous fiesta will return to Ashton Court Estate from 8-10 August to celebrate the city and its links to hot air ballooning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">More than 100 hot air balloons are expected to take part in this year&#8217;s mass ascents, which happen at dusk and dawn throughout the fiesta. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Organisers have teased <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c3d1vlpgk4po\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 bGFWdi\" rel=\"noopener\">a stacked programme<\/a> which includes stunt displays, opportunities to meet some of the pilots and a new immersive attraction where visitors can walk inside a cold-inflated balloon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The nightglow is also set to return on the Friday and Saturday night of the fiesta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fleet of hot air balloons took to the sky over Bristol at dawn ahead of this year&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-290097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114912909234685424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}