Meanwhile, the RAF have also spotted the balloon, as well as Mainwaring, whom an air patrol identify as "a little fat round thing" on the end of the rope. Mainwaring gets entangled in haystacks, topiaries and washing lines before the balloon finally comes to rest on a railway bridge.
The RAF spotted both the balloon and Mainwaring, who was identified by an air patrol as a "slightly chubby object" hanging from the rope. Mainwaring became entangled in hay bales, topiary arrangements, and washing lines before the balloon finally landed on a railway bridge.