My face was so smashed up, you could fit a finger in the wounds
Birthdays are always a big deal in my family – we love any excuse to spend time together. My dad’s 60th, in May last year, was a particularly special one, as we had family travelling from Germany to Eastbourne, in East Sussex, to celebrate.
I spent the first part of the morning with my sisters at my mum’s nearby. She has a birthday in the same week, so we were celebrating hers first. Around midday, we decided to go to my dad’s house, a few minutes’ drive away.