I remember one year wanting a real xmas tree, as I lived on a farm, and the trees had just been topped this was a very real possiblity, so unknown to mum, I hopped on my little purple bike and rode on the dirt race all the way to the end of the farm, where the trees were, and found my xmas tree , tied in onto the back of the bike and dragged it home.

Now you can just imagine the state it was in by then, all covered in dust and a bit on the bedraggled side, my poor mum did not have the heart to say NO you cannot have that, so she gently hosed it down and yep we had our first real xmas tree courtesy of your's truely.

I also remember saving all the snails out of the pond, as I thought they were dying,only to find out these particular ones were water snails, oh dear.