15-year-old Boris Wojtab-Rees looks at the hot air balloon he will be flying in over Oxfordshire. – Vintage Photograph

On Saturday, 15-year-old Boris Wojtab-Rees of Manor Farm Barns, Culham, fulfilled a dream of taking off on a hot air balloon trip. After raising the largest amount from a sponsored walk of 21 kilometers, Boris was granted his flight over the skies of Oxfordshire. He was seen looking at the inside of the balloon before it was inflated for the flight at the European School at Culham.On Saturday, 15-year-old Boris Wojtab-Rees of Manor Farm Barns, Culham, fulfilled a dream of taking off on a hot air balloon trip. After raising the largest amount from a sponsored walk of 21 kilometers, Boris was granted his flight over the skies of Oxfordshire. He was seen looking at the inside of the balloon before it was inflated for the flight at the European School at Culham.

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Boris Wojton – Rees 98618342 THE STAR 986 3 It’s Boris the balloonatic THE sky was the limit for schoolboy Boris Wojtab-Rees on Saturday. He fulfilled a dream by taking off on a hot air balloon trip. Here the 15-year-old pupil of the European School at Culham is seen looking at the inside of the balloon before it was in- flated for his flight at the school. Boris, of Manor Farm Barns, Culham, was granted his dream trip through the skies of Ox- fordshire because he raised the largest amount from a recent sponsored walk. Boris complet 21 kil- ometres in the walk, raising 100 towards the 1,700 total which the event brought in for famine victims in Ethio- Dia.