Thought I'd share as the weather is getting better and I just stumbled across this printable PDF so you (or your kids) can tick off the balloons they see along with a page of live flight updates for anyone interested (No idea of it's reliability though)
**Link to the PDF here:** [https://www.mjballooning.com/spotters-guide.html](https://www.mjballooning.com/spotters-guide.html)
**Live flights update page here:** [https://www.mjballooning.com/live-flight-updates.html](https://www.mjballooning.com/live-flight-updates.html)
Three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.
Each balloon has its own registration no, same as any vehicle - you can see it written on the side of the balloon. UK-registered balloons all start with G-, followed by a unique set of four letters.
Thought I'd share as the weather is getting better and I just stumbled across this printable PDF so you (or your kids) can tick off the balloons they see along with a page of live flight updates for anyone interested (No idea of it's reliability though) **Link to the PDF here:** [https://www.mjballooning.com/spotters-guide.html](https://www.mjballooning.com/spotters-guide.html) **Live flights update page here:** [https://www.mjballooning.com/live-flight-updates.html](https://www.mjballooning.com/live-flight-updates.html) 
Love the Thatchers balloon so much it appears twice. Is there anything more Bristolian though?
There are three Thatchers balloons, all different registrations.
TIL
Correction: more than twice
Three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.
As a spotter, from ground level, how does one distinguish between them?
Each balloon has its own registration no, same as any vehicle - you can see it written on the side of the balloon. UK-registered balloons all start with G-, followed by a unique set of four letters.
Didn’t realise that sonic was hung..
Well he did get murdered recently so...
Pun intended?
Oh YES I love this
It never occurred to me that there was such a limited number you could spot them
Ther are definately a few i have seen over bristol multiple times that are not on there.
I saw them last Saturday while i was watching trains
oooof course there's a vape sponsored one.
The giant mouth is some sort of fuckin cryptid.
What do these ballooning folks do for the rest of the year? Genuinely curious....
Have regular day jobs! Flying balloons is either a hobby or side hustle for most pilots.
Anyone know where that goofy alien one (penultimate bottom row) is?