Baltic Wharf - Balloon Festival
Congratulations to those who booked a place at Baltic Wharf for the balloon festival. There were only 55 pitches and I guess many times that number of people trying for them.
I’ve always fancied going and, for the past five years now, have failed repeatedly to get a place.
In earlier years I’ve been a bit too casual so, last year, I tried more determinedly - but still missed out by the time I got in at 9:15am.
This year I was lucky enough to get in at 9:04 and, behold, I even had a choice of pitch! I shouldn’t have believed my luck because that’s as far as I was allowed to get. The system simply returned me to the ‘holding page’ each time I tried to complete my
booking. It was working for someone because, in the meantime, the weekend section went yellow…
All that frustration was not good for my blood pressure and has shortened my life even more. So the good news is that I may not need to book next year…
Who was lucky?
Who else was not?