Look what dropped out of the sky on Saturday morning. A film crew from the UK's ITV, on the last day of filming a doco on hot air ballooning in Australia. The crew included UK actor Stephen Tompkinson (Ballykissangel and Wild at Heart) and balloon pilot Robin Batchelor. Tompkinson and Batchelor made a similar documentary last year called "Stephen Tompkinson's African Balloon Adventure".
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| Surely it's OK to partake at 8am if you have been up since 5am? Stephen Tompkinson & Robin Batchelor take "tea" from the back of our ute. |
Their balloon almost landed on top of our vines at about 7am this morning. The kids jumped on their bikes to check out what was going on and we followed with a basket of tea, fresh Anzac biscuits and bottles of wine to kick start their day - all served out of the back of the ute!
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| Stephen Tompkinson and crew film the end of the documentary from the vineyard. |
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| The crew of Stephen Tompkinson's Australian Balloon Adventure - the ITV doco should be release around August. |
Thankyou for such a wonderful welcome as we floated down into you vineyard
ReplyDeleteYou provided the perfect end to an amazing adventure around your beautiful country with cold champagne, laughing children, cups of tea,
skylarks flitting about the blue sky beneath the warm sun, more champagne, more laughter, happy people.
Thankyou.
Robin. x
PS. I promised to give you a recipe for bubble liquid to refill your childrens' bubble-guns.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bubbleinc.co.uk/pages/bubble_solution_recipes.html
Have fun!
Robin.