The balloon race finished on Friday, having travelled a collective distance of a massive 390,049 km! It seems a distance memory now but the balloons had to travel through snow during their flight.

There was lots of chopping and changing within the leaderboard, but Luca S closed the race in the lead having travelled 3,546km. If it had taken flight from Leeds this balloon would have made it to west coast of Canada having travelled this distance. There wasn’t much in it between 1st and 2nd place, with Carrot close behind only having travelled 20km less than Luca S. A hamper of chocolate goodies will be making it’s way to Luca S very soon!

Most importantly of all, the balloon race generated £172 of funds for the Friends of Allerton, which will be put to good use throughout the course of this year. Many thanks to all who supported this event.