Virgin's hot air balloon launch site at Liskeard is a great spot from which to explore this beautiful part of the West Country. Once linked by canal to the charming coastal town of Looe, the town of Liskeard is draped around a gentle hill, flanked on all sides by beautiful, rolling Cornish countryside. During your flight it may be possible to pass low and slow over the town, where you can see buildings of all styles and ages grouped around the town's central square. To the south west lies the picturesque town of Fowey where the author Daphe DuMaurier once lived and wrote, while further round to the south are a cluster of pretty fishing villages.