by debih » 05 Nov 2016, 13:33
We always have them pretty bad as from August bank holiday weekend until the last weekend of October our village have the illuminations and illuminated boats. For the past three years we get huge firework displays for 7 consecutive Saturday nights. Prior to that we just used to have them three times.
They are so loud. Because we are a valley and they are let off on top of one of the cliffs, they echo all around. They are so loud that they set off car alarms! They go on for 15 minutes each time. My mum lives about 3 miles away and she can hear them as though they are happening outside her window. The dog hates them and we have to drug her up each week.
And then we get the last Saturday night one and think, yeh, its all over. But no, Gullivers Kingdom do one for Halloween on the Sunday night. And then again the following weekend for bonfire night. So in an 8 week period we get 9 very loud, 15 minute long firework displays.
And then of course bonfire night starts. We aren't too affected by that - I know there is a display in the village tonight but other than that the only ones we will hear are ones that people are letting off in their gardens.
I don't even bother going out to watch fireworks any more - I'm so bored of them!
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone!