Ok, I have to admit, I have a new obsession. It’s garden solar lights.

It all started with a casual stroll around a well known DIY store with the Mrs on a Saturday afternoon, a few strategically placed decking lights would add that tasteful evening glow to the garden.That evening came and all was well…. but something was missing.

Yes, just a few more solar lights, maybe around a few trees, in a few borders, lining the path? Off I head to the DIY store (where they now know me by name, ok, they actually call me “Phil the garden with solar lights”).

By Sunday afternoon, evening fell and I was pacing . . . I couldn’t wait for it to get dark.

After a quick call to Cardiff International Airport to warn them that my garden may now be used as an emergency runway, I then spent an hour turning the garden into a mini version of Blackpool illuminations; with the poor other half standing in the upstairs window while I became the Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen of the solar lighting world. Despite the Boeing 747 on my lawn, it’s all looking rather good!