Childhood Adventures
I can always remember doing stuff as a kid that kids nowadays do not seem to do. I know everyone says this at some point in their life as they get older but I feel is is the absolute truth!!! My brother made a go-kart out of the usual; pram wheels, wood pallet and even an old school chair. It was amazing!!!!! I can remember looking at it while it was parked outside our house and thinking it was the best thing that I had ever seen!! I was never allowed to have a go on it though (being the youngest of five kids did have it's advantages and disadvantages and this was one of the disadvantages!) One of my other brothers had a skateboard and I used to 'borrow' it a lot and sit and ride it from one of the steepest hills on our housing estate. It was a thrilling ride especially when you got to the bottom and used your shoes as brakes before you went full force across the junction of the road! No wonder all of us kids had no soles on our shoes left! I always remember that my stop c