I have mixed feelings about these lanterns too, they do look beautiful and I think are a nice this to do as a group for a shared experience, however about three weeks ago driving down the motorway with my mum to London we saw one blow right onto the road ahead of us. 😕 Thankfully it didn't cause us any problem but that does seem a bit hazardous. My parents live in Cambridgeshire surrounded my countryside and they had just harvested the wheat. Imagine one of these flew too close to a barn that would be a disaster.