I once ( allegedly

)set off a parachute flare on bonfire night ( i lived in Wembley at the time ) ....

You have never seen anything so bright , nor anyone run as fast as when that little pink sun lit up the surrounding 10 square miles , and floated downwards over the course of the next minute .....

Unbeleiveable .... until you've set one off you can't begin to explain to someone how bright they really are !!