It seems there are still people out there who I haven’t regaled with my splinter story, don’t dispair you won’t miss out!

When I had to move out of Dickson I ended up with three cupboards I didn’t really need or have space for. I managed to give one and a half away but the other one had to be dumped. In order to get it in the trailer I ripped it apart and in the process whacked my hand against the half destroyed cupboard.

I was pretty sure I’d got a splinter, it hurt a fair bit and a bit of blood and air came out of my hand, but there was no splinter visible and within a few hours it was healed over.

Once the swelling went down it was clear there was a splinter in there. To cut a long story short, I had to have my hand cut open twice to get the damn thing out – and this is what we found!

I hope I never do myself a serious injury, that was enough for me!