A SHOPPER is on cloud nine after winning a hot air balloon flight with his wife in a Valentine's Day competition.
Michael Lavery, 43, from Chester-le-Street, won the prize in a contest run by The Gates Shopping Centre, in Durham City.
He won a romantic trip for two, including champagne, over the County Durham countryside, courtesy of the Cloud Nine Balloon Company.
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