Fireworks and Skip Hire
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.
I actually lived didn’t live near any open land, but still the noise came. Kids and thrill seekers alike, found new places to set these fireworks. I have two young kids and as you can imagine they love fireworks. We always have to set a few off just for them.
So off I toddled to the shop, bought some sparklers and fire crackers and went into the garden. Now our garden is under construction. We are paving it up, and the skip hire company helping remove the waste had plonked the skip in the driveway, blocking that too!
the sparklers were all well and good, but only kept them quiet for about 2 minutes. They wanted some of the bigger stuff, like their friend vince had at school! Being a single mum is hard enough as it is, so I finally gave in, and toddled back to the shop and bought some heavy duty ones.
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!
the insurance sorted out the house, and me and the kids were not hurt by the whole ordeal. However the skip was damaged, and when I rang the skip hire company, I was told it was my fault, but to be fair it was and I took complete responsibility for my stupidity. skips and fireworks dont mix!
