内容摘要："I can't overstate just how stressful this is for people like me in this situation," she said.

"I can't overstate just how stressful this is for people like me in this situation," she said.

Part of his ritual is to carve the current date into the bark of the same tree where he played as a child, which marks the end of his festive stroll.In 1965 Mr Bedford collected a thick branch that had fallen from the tree, which he continues to use as a walking aid, which too has had a notch added for every year.

"I suppose it became a bit of an obsession," said Mr Bedford."In 1965, my wife and I, with our one-year-old daughter had gone for Christmas Day lunch with my parents, who still lived in the house where I grew up."When I was a small child me and my friends had a secret den in an area of Fenland called Hook Drive near Wimblington, we used to have such fantastic fun down there, it was a magical place," said Mr Bedford.

The den included four mature ash trees.Mr Bedford went on to explain that after their Christmas Day meal the weather in 1965 was particularly mild.

On the spur of the moment he decided to go for a "trip down memory lane".

"I wanted to show my little daughter some of my old haunts, so headed for our beloved secret den.The Prince of Wales joined the Welsh Guards at Salisbury Plain on Tuesday to oversee their preparations for operational duty.

On Sunday and into Monday, flooding caused widespread disruption across the county.And young visitors are in for a "fairytale" treat at the National Trust's Mompesson House in Salisbury.

Here is a selection of pictures from across Wiltshire this week.VIP guest: Prince William, who is Colonel of the Welsh Guards, was given a tour of the training ground and shown weapons, including small drones. The battalion's senior operator assessed his handling as "good". He added that the Prince "could be trained up".