BALLOON MAKES
SURPRISE LANDING
A family in Abbots Langley received an
unexpected surprise when a hot air balloon
almost landed in their back garden.
At around 8pm on Sunday, June 21, Richard
Dunn, of De Havilland Way, Abbots Langley,
was washing up in his kitchen when he shouted
to his wife, Sasha, to come and see what was
going on in the garden.
Watching TV with the rest of the family in the
living room, Sasha initially expected to be
greeted by her cats playing around, but was
welcomed by a loud flame sound, and then saw a
huge hot air balloon almost hit her pergola.
She said: ―At first I was scared, but then Fortunately for Richard and Sasha, the balloon
excitement took over as its something you would landed in the field at the back of their garden,
never imagine happening.‖ and the Abbots resident believes there were
A number of residents had also seen the low about 15 people in the basket of the balloon.
flying hot air balloon approaching. A jeep and trailer following the 15 or so people
Sasha said: ―I heard people in the car park area was unable to access the field as there are a
next to my house trying to get a look in, so I number of trenches that surrounded the area.
invited them in. She said: ―It got quite dark at this point so I
―One girl even climbed through a load of didn‘t see the people or the balloon leave, but the
brambles to get a closer look, but ended up field they landed in was quite overgrown, so it
getting a load of cuts on her legs.‖ wouldn‘t have been easy to get out.‖
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