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Tuesday, 23 July 2013 - 08:52
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UK Balloon Travels 440 miles to NL

A red helium balloon with logo from Fair in the Square in Highgate, an area in North London, journeyed 440 miles to the Netherlands where it was found by a farmer. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"25720","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-medium wp-image-3712 ","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"300","height":"225","alt":"Balloon"}}]] Natasha D'Souza/flickr The balloon originated from the UK on June 15 and flew to Follega in the northern Netherlands.  The Schilstra family found it and got in touch with the organizers through email last week. Highgate’s Fair spokeswoman Jacquie Richardson said: “We were delighted. It must have escaped on a bid for freedom, because it was not a balloon race.“They must have been very surprised when the father was mowing the lawn,” she added. The Schilstra family has been presented free tickets for a show at Upstairs at the Gatehouse if they decided to come to the event in 2014. Source: Ham & High

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