Balloons near MAN ??
Heading into Manchester today on the M62 from Liverpool and just about passing Barton when I see a balloon on my left-say at about 2000ft and about 5miles away to the North / North West---look right and see another one off the South at maybe 10 miles ?
Now as balloons are a pretty rare event in this part of the world, sadly, I just wondered if anybody knows what they were doing and why in the MAN zone. The one to the South looked as if it was getting close to 06 but I couldn't be certain here. Not a bad day for a balloon flight I have to admit--wind less than 5kts and a cloud base of about, I would guess 5 / 6 k---this was around 10.00 / 10.30 hrs local by the way. Anybody ?