This was the moment a balloon from Bristol made what looked like an bumpy landing in woodland near Keynsham on an early morning flight.
The balloon is understood to have taken off from Henbury just before 7am this morning, and flew south east over Bristol before coming down between Hanham and Keynsham.
Balloon-watcher Julia Wimbush was at a car boot sale at Keynsham Rugby Club when she filmed the balloon coming in.
“We usually go out early to look for the balloons and we thought we’d missed them so went to the car boot,” she said.
“Two were coming in and this blue one was coming down. It was going up and down a bit, probably trying to find somewhere safe to land and then suddenly it dropped down into the trees on the other side of the bypass and railway line.
“The second balloon came in behind it and landed safely. They had obviously seen and knew what had happened to the first one.
“It was worrying, I hope everyone is ok. It was on the other side of the bypass so we couldn’t see into the wood to see what happened,” she added.
But the video footage looked more dramatic than the incident itself, and local balloonists were quick to reassure people that everyone was fine, and the balloon landed in a clearing that wasn't visible from the rugby club.
MJ Ballooning, a local ballooning website and blog, posted on Twitter: "(It's) just a balloon safely landing in a small patch surrounded by some trees. All fine!"
Although the balloon appears to be landing in a wood, there was a small paddock between the trees in front and the trees behind. "This was a very safe landing. A stand up landing then the balloon team pulled it down, as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary at all," tweeted MJ Ballooning.
And the balloonist involved, Matt Cooper, said the balloon was 'nowhere near the trees'.
"What you witnessed was a balloon landing.. we were nowhere near the trees," he said.
