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Kaaaaaaaaaaaaa Boom! This is the sound you hear for weeks running up to Guy Fawkes night. As soon as you hear that noise, you know its that time of year again with little sleep especially if you live near open land like a park.

thankfully, I lived in a nice quiet area, nowhere near a park or open land where havoc could be caused. But still the sounds could be heard from far away. I have two children. They loved it, and begged me to get some for ourselves.

so I trotted off to the local shop, and purchased some sparklers, and fire bangers. I needed something small, as we are paving up the garden and a skip hire company had placed the skip in the front garden, and the back was all dug up.

With the sparklers, the garden was already a mess so we could make do. The kids weren’t very pleased as they wanted fireworks like their friend Taz had in school. I got them shouting at me day and night. I finally gave in and got them some.

The skip hire company came to collect the full skip, yet the work was no where nearly finished. I called for another skip from the skip hire company. The very next day it turned up on the doorstep. I never knew skip hire was so easy!

I didn’t know where to set off the fireworks, the garden was a no go area and the front had no room. It was a real dilemma by any standards.

This is where I had a blonde moment. Why not use the skip as a base in which to set off the firework? I’m sure the skip hire company wouldn’t mind. And it’s made out of robust material. It shouldn’t set on fire. So there we had it. Skip hire was good for more than one thing!

I lit the first firework and stood to one side with the kids. I thought I was definitely a safe distance away. This plan went really wrong and the firework fell over and hit the side of the skip, rebounding off and heading for the house. Then it flew through the open window and the next thing i knew, it was the house that was brightly lit.. on fire!

Luckily, me nor the kids got injured in the process and we got insurance for the house damage. The skip hire company however, were far from happy. Which I totally understand of course, my advice is never use a skip with fireworks!