Wedding

THE VENUE

The venue was Hamilton. This was dictated by the limited number of balloon services in New Zealand. A total number of 5 commercial operators in the whole of NZ and this was the closest and most practical. Since this was entirely weather dependant we couldn't pre-book anything. So being close, 1.5hrs drive away was important.

ACCOMMODATION

I booked us in at the Astro Lodge near the Hamilton Lake for the whole week. With the option of arriving and leaving when we wanted, and only paying for when we stayed.

TIME AND DATE

24th of February 2014

THE SURPRISE

Watch the video of how May Ann reacted when I revealed the surprise of where and how we were going to get married.

THE CEREMONY;

CONDUCTED BY ABBIE HYDE

You can download and read through the ceremony as conducted by our wonderful and very brave celebrant Abbie Hyde. Just click the 'Download File' below.

richard_and_may_ann_ceremony.rtf

THE RIDE

The balloon is a ‘Balony Kubicek BB60’. It was built in the Czech Republic and holds 6000cu/m of hot air inside it. It is 10 storeys high.

We rose to 2300ft and then had our ceremony. We then lowered to 500ft and flew due north for about 45 minutes. Landing safe and sound in a farmers field near Taupiri.

THE PHOTOS

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