Posted on 25 July 2010. Tags: balloon, britain, charity, fun, litter, Norway, school, United Kingdom
A fundraising balloon, released at a village fete in the UK, has been found by a family in Norway, more than 600 miles from home. The blue balloon was sent on its long journey from North Somerset by 10-year-old Beccy Filer in a bid to raise money to buy equipment for her school. Read the full story
Posted in Culture, General, Leisure, Lifestyle, MBL, Norway, Travel, United Kingdom
Posted on 08 December 2008. Tags: balloon, charity, children, england, grimsby, lapland, lincolnshire, luck, Scandinavia, Sweden, UK, United Kingdom
In a lighter bit of news, a balloon released from a special children’s centre on England’s eastern shore over a year ago floated more than 1,500 kilometres across the sea and landed in the wilds of Lapland. Read the full story
Posted in General, MBL, Scandinavia, Society, Sweden, Travel, United Kingdom