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E: 31/07 Your chance to win an exhilarating flight in the Pimm’s hot air balloon
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Which ballast thrown from a hot air balloon would increase your altitude the greatest?
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Two x 50kg sandbags
10 x 9kg watermelons
15 x 7.2kg bowling balls
To celebrate the extra-special Pimm’s sunshine finder, the Pimm’s people are giving away a brilliant prize that will quite literally take you sky-high.
One lucky reader and their companion will have the chance to get away from it all as they lazily drift high above the beautiful fields and landmarks of the Garden of England, or Kent, as she is more commonly known.
To stand a chance of winning all you have to do is correctly answer the multiple-choice question below.
G'luck!
Which ballast thrown from a hot air balloon would increase your altitude the greatest?
Answer *
Two x 50kg sandbags
10 x 9kg watermelons
15 x 7.2kg bowling balls
To celebrate the extra-special Pimm’s sunshine finder, the Pimm’s people are giving away a brilliant prize that will quite literally take you sky-high.
One lucky reader and their companion will have the chance to get away from it all as they lazily drift high above the beautiful fields and landmarks of the Garden of England, or Kent, as she is more commonly known.
To stand a chance of winning all you have to do is correctly answer the multiple-choice question below.
G'luck!
Al Mac Appreciation Society No. 188
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Terms and Conditions
1. No purchase necessary.
2. One entry per person, no bulk or third party entries.
3. Postal entries for competitions should be sent with your name, address, daytime telephone number, competition you are entering and answer to: Time Out Offers, Universal House, 251 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7AB.
4. Email entries for competitions should be send to competitions@timeout.com clearly stating in the subject header the competition you are entering.
5. Competitions are open to all UK residents (over the age of 18 in alcohol, tobacco or travel-related competitions, or in other cases as stated) except employees of Time Out, the companies or organisations with whom the competition or offer is being run, their agents or anyone directly connected with the promotion.
6. No responsibility can be accepted for entries lost, delayed, mislaid or damaged in the post or offered for delivery insufficiently stamped. Proof of delivery will not be accepted as proof of receipt.
7. Prizes are as stated only and no cash alternatives will be given. However the promoter has the full and free right to alter arrangements or prizes should circumstances change.
8. The winning answers and the names of prizewinners will be made available to those who send an SAE to the competition entry address. The decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. All entries and copyright in them automatically become the property of Time Out.
10. All entrants to competitions and offers are deemed to have accepted these rules and agreed to be bound by them and agree to co-operate in any publicity that may arise.
11. The closing date for receipt of entries is as stated for each individual competition in the magazine or online. The winner(s) will be drawn at random from all valid entries, and will be notified by telephone, email or post within two weeks of the closing date.
12. Promoter: Time Out Magazine, Universal House, 251 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7AB.
Additional terms and conditions for 'Your chance to win an exhilarating flight in the Pimm’s hot air balloon' competition
1. Open to all residents of Great Britain aged 18 or over except employees of the promoter, their families and anyone professionally involved with this promotion.
2. To enter, go to https://www.timeout.com/pimms, answer the prize draw question and complete and submit your details by 11:59pm on 31 July 2008.
3. The winner will be electronically drawn at random on 1 August 2008 and notified by email within 2 weeks of the closing date.
4. The winner will receive one flight on the Pimm’s hot air balloon followed by a glass of Pimm’s on landing. The flight will take off and land from a location in the county of Kent to be agreed between the Promoter and the winner. The flight shall last for approximately one hour. Transport to and from the take off and landing site is not included.
5. On receiving notification of winning, the winner must confirm whether he/she wishes to claim the prize by emailing confirmation to competitions@timeout.com. The subject line of the email should state “Pimm’s prize draw”. If the winner does not email confirmation by 1 September 2008, they will forfeit their prize and another entry will be drawn electronically at random.
6. Once the winner confirms that he/she wishes to claim the prize, the Promoter shall contact the winner to arrange a suitable date for the flight. The flight must be taken within 12 months of notification provided that the date agreed for the flight may be subject to change by the Promoter on short notice if the weather conditions on the date agreed for the flight, in the Promoter’s opinion, are not suitable for flying.
7. The winner must adhere to all health and safety instructions issued by the Promoter and the balloon pilot before, during and after the balloon ride. The winner participates in the prize at his/her own risk. The Promoter shall not be liable for any damage, loss or injury suffered by the winner that can be directly or indirectly attributed to this promotion save to the extent that such liability cannot be excluded by law.
8. The Promoter may prevent the winner from boarding the balloon on the day of the flight if they consider it necessary to do so, provided that the Promoter shall not exercise this right unreasonably. The winner will not be allowed to board if they have consumed alcohol prior to take off on the day of the flight.
9. The winner may be required to take part in publicity.
10. The Promoter reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions or terminate this promotion if they, in their absolute discretion, consider it necessary, provided that the promoter shall not exercise this right unreasonably.
11. The Promoter and their agents accept no responsibility for difficulties experienced in submitting an entry to this promotion.
12. The Promoter reserves the right to exclude any entries which they believe to be fraudulent or based on misconduct.
13. Personal data will only be used for the purposes of the prize draw and not used for any other purpose.
14. This promotion and these terms are governed by English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
15. Entrants are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions by participating in this promotion.Al Mac Appreciation Society No. 188
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for
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Yes becareful you don't enter twice - it was coming up as closed earlierBack comping Nov 2021
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Are you two sure? I had to enter a second time, to be sure, but it only appeared on the site today.

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Yes I posted it last night
Sorry - I did the usual searches. It's just that I just entered successfully.
Is it ok to leave it for 24 hours to see if anyone can get in as well? I do have a recent history of posting stuff that goes through the next day or so, after initially being a problem. If you don't think so, I'll get it taken off.
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Sorry - I did the usual searches. It's just that I just entered successfully.

Is it ok to leave it for 24 hours to see if anyone can get in as well? I do have a recent history of posting stuff that goes through the next day or so, after initially being a problem. If you don't think so, I'll get it taken off.
Leave it as its taking entries again now , i've entered from your post nowBack comping Nov 2021
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purpleluvbug wrote: »Aww!! A true gent :rotfl:
I don't see what is so funny you cheeky sod :rotfl:Al Mac Appreciation Society No. 188
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