Up and away over the land of myths and folklore...

WITH a ferocious burst of the gas burners, hot air balloons soar up, up and away over a rural county steeped in mystical legend.

- By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter

The colourful blimps were sent high above the green, rolling pastures of Somerset to promote the UK’s latest community music and arts festival.

Show of Hands, a short balloon ride from its bigger, more boisterous, musical neighbour Glastonbury, promises to be something different when it opens at Gilcombe Farm in Bruton next year.