Hello my name is Bailey, Bailey Jones,
For those of you that have already met me out in the ballooning field and for those of you have yet to, I thought you might be interested in learning about my exciting hot air ballooning lifestyle. Well, why wouldn’t you?
As a rule, I have two types of day depending on whether or not I am chasing the big red thing. If I’m chasing it, it means getting up very early indeed. Sometimes too early for an old fellow like me (I am 8 but sometimes I feel like I am 12, other times I feel 3; just depends what mood I am in). I then sit in the back of this big black thing that takes me from one place to another. Not sure what it is but it is very high off the ground and has comfy seats inside. To get into it I have to place my two front paws upon the seat and then my human owner very kindly lifts me up. If only he knew I can do it all by myself he he!
We then arrive at this lovely big field and I can’t wait to jump out of the big black moving thing. I then meet lots of nice humans who pat me and stroke me. Some of them even have dog biscuits with them which is brilliant! I’m not sure why they have them but I’m not complaining. Once the humans have said hello to me I’m put safely back in the moving thing and I watch them set up this big red thing. Personally, I can’t work it out. There’s a big flame, the red thing gets big and then the humans jump into a big basket and off they float into the sky. I just watch, it’s most perplexing. Once the big red thing is in the sky I jump out and have a good run around the field.
After a while I get back in and off we go again. I watch the fields pass by my window until we stop at another field and the humans who floated off into the sky are all there again. Wow! It’s amazing – how did they get there?
Maybe the big red thing took them all there which sounds pretty exciting to me. Anyway, if it’s safe to do so I’m allowed out again to stretch my legs and find the lovely humans with the dog biscuits. Yum! I never forget which ones they are. Sometimes I sit down and raise my paw, do you know it works every time! Once the humans have packed up the big red thing off we go for breakfast which I love. More treats if I’m lucky.
Then it’s sleep time; dreams of fields and humans giving me biscuits, bliss. If the big red thing is needed in the sky again later in the day we do everything all over again (but without the breakfast of course). I sleep very well on those long exciting days but it isn’t long before my human owner soon appears wiping the sleep from his eyes saying “Come on Bailey, here we go again!”. I don't mind though, it’s so much fun.
The human in charge of the big red thing I have to chase is called Neal, he is always smiling so I guess he must love doing what he does. To find out more about me and to see more of my hot air ballooning photos from my adventures with Virgin Balloon Flights you can visit my very own Facebook page. I very much look forward to seeing you there, bye bye for now.
Love Bailey x
PS: Don’t forget the dog biscuits if you come to see me, I’m not fussy with the flavour.