Whirly,
I had a balloon flight a few years ago which was absolutely fabulous - particularly the landing(s)!
With hardly a breath of wind we came down in the centre of a town - Bordon Camp - but had to take off again, as there was nowhere to lower the envelope. By this time quite a crowd had gathered - wouldn't you, with a balloon in the street outside your house?
They followed the balloon as we tried to drift to a clear green area just beyond some houses, which we almost reached, unfortunately bouncing off the ridge and porch of one of the houses, with the pilot shouting "don't worry, we're insured"!
A few brave souls narrowly avoided getting squished by the basket as they helped to guide it towards the grass and a splendid time was had by all!
I will long treasure the sensation of drifting along silently amongst the tree-tops and hearing conversations from the ground at a height of a few hundred feet. Sigh!
I want to do it again!
SD