WE go every Monday to the High Street of Christchurch, where there is an open street market and it is all very colourful, and my wife does her shopping in the local supermarket.

Being the dutiful husband that I am, whilst my wife went to do more shopping, I pushed a loaded supermarket trolley to the car in the car park.

I spotted a trolley looking all alone and deserted, so I strolled over in a natural way, all dressed in my whites, cotton and tie etc, and retrieved said trolley singing the trolley song by Judy Garland.

Looking around to see if there were any more, I took them back and received an extra £1.

Triumphantly I told my wife, who open-mouthed, said: ‘you didn’t!’ incredulously. Then laughed at my gall.

Off we went for a coffee, and I tipped the waitress. Yes, you’ve guessed it, with my newly acclaimed £1 coin!

F STACEY, Footners Lane, Burton, Christchurch