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By Kirsty, March 21, 2011 4:28 pm

Youngsters Niamh Rhodes (L) and Grace Kerr (R) were delighted when our Yorkshire pilot Martin Collinson landed his balloon in one of the Rhodes family’s fields on Friday evening. The flight which took off from York Racecourse blissfully floated for around an hour before coming down to land to the delight of the girls.

The 120ft balloon envelope was welcomed down by the pair who were enjoying fundraising for Comic Relief wearing red clothes and supporting painted cheeks in aid of Red Nose Day.

“The girls were very excited and loved watching the balloon land. They simply loved the balloon and have talked about nothing else but going up in one one day and watching its impressive landing ever since. The balloon landed perfectly and the girls thought it was fabulous,” said Niamh’s Mum and field owner Jenny Rhodes.

On their efforts for red nose day Jenny added “The girls feel sad for the children and families in Africa and understand the need to raise money to help them. They understand and worry about the mosquitos in particular and are very aware of raising money for special medicine and mosquito nets.”

Well done for fundraising girls, we hope to see you in the sky in the future!

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By Kirsty, March 18, 2011 7:23 pm

Virgin Balloon Flights have joined in the red nose day fun, raising funds for Comic Relief at Balloons HQ. With a red monster poised on the nose of every employee, bags of walker’s crisps and some Comic Relief scratch cards, we had plenty of fun bringing yet more red to our brand for the day.

“Red Nose Day is a day like no other when the whole country gets  together to do something funny for money and change countless   lives in the process. It all culminates in a night of cracking TV on the BBC with some of the biggest names in comedy and entertainment. And the best bit? All the fun and mayhem helps to raise cash and transform lives across the UK and Africa.” Comic Relief.

After closely following the world record set by Chris Moyles and the team on radio 1, VBF staff got together to do their bit for the charity  and laughed a little at each other along the way. What’s more, with all the fun and games, Virgin Balloon Flights have made a small contribution to a big campaign to make a brighter future for others.

Happy Red Nose Day!