Balloon found in Germany takes the lead.

This week we were informed that one of our balloons from the Heartlands biodegradable balloon release has been found in Germany, just east of Stuttgart. This balloon just makes in to the lead by 20 miles!

To date 19 balloons have been reported found, from France, Jersey and now Germany. The owner of the furthest balloon will be notified at the end of September and awarded their prize of a new bike.

Totems finished!

Over the last 2 years artist Nicky Neate, has been involved in this community led art piece with a task of inscribing a message, poem or sentiment to the recycled totem beams that will surround the concave circle of the Plan an Gwarry, that will be located in the Market Square at Heartlands.

Through a series of interactive workshops with students from Pool Business and Enterprise College, year 9 students created their own graphics for an alphabet. This alphabet is unique to the location and site of Robinson's Shaft at Heartlands; the group picked letters from the alphabet and the students were then given the task of designing their own letter, using and being inspired by the discarded metal objects that were collected from the mine site.

The year 9 students then produced a poem using their alphabet which has been cut out of copper and steel plates and fixed on to the totem beams by Nicky.

Scaffolding is working its way up!

Work has started on the Heartlands site towards putting up the scaffolding around the engine house and headgear.

Watch this space for further developments.......

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Balloons found hits 15

Today we were emailed from Granville in the area of La Manche, northern France, with reports of another balloon that had been found on the beach of Annoville. This has brought the total to 15 balloons that have been found in France and Jersey. Two balloons were reported from Jersey both found on the same stretch of beach!

Fingers crossed that more are found over the weekend.

Four more balloons found over the weekend

The first emails I see this Monday morning are from France, which tells me that more balloons have been found!

One was found in the town of Maine et Loire, east of Nantes, another was found on the beach informing us that the balloon had successfully crossed the English Channel near a village called Pleneuf Val-Andre, not so far from the town of Saint-Brieuc, in northern Brittany, and a third balloon was found in a small village called Saint-Aubin-des-Ormeaux, next to a road that crosses a river called the La Sevre. All three of the balloons successfully made it to France.

Also, this morning we had a phone call from a British family who are on holiday in Jersey telling us that they are on St Ouens beach on the west coast of Jersey and have just found a balloon.

That is 12 balloons in total that have been reported with the furthest travelled at the moment reaching Haute Vienne, which is 140 miles north east of Bordeaux, France.