内容摘要：For me growing up, alcohol felt normalised and I don’t think I was fully aware how much pressure there was to drink until I was forced to give it up.

For me growing up, alcohol felt normalised and I don’t think I was fully aware how much pressure there was to drink until I was forced to give it up.

There was a flurry of activity at Salisbury Cathedral this week and plenty of Easter Sunday events elsewhere in Wiltshire.As the weather warms, photographers have also been out and about capturing the colourful scenes as early spring flowers bloom.

And a famous pair of birds welcomed new chicks, live on a web stream.Saving from extinction: A six-and-a-half-centimetre snail believed to have been extinct until being re-discovered in Southern Vietnam in 2012 will soon be on show at Longleat. Only 300 giant magnolia snails are left in the world and the safari park now has eight of them.Paschal candle: A bonfire was lit during the lighting of the candle ceremony outside Salisbury Cathedral for Easter Day. The Paschal candle is a sign of Jesus rising from the dead.

Changeable weather: No surprise for April, the weather has not been consistent. Weather Watcher Carolyn R sent in this picture from the Tidworth area of a misty, mysterious landscape.Quacking good time: Rubber ducks sold out - more than 1,000 - for the ever-popular annual duck race at Bradford on Avon, which always attracts large crowds.

Easter surprise: the peregrine falcons that like to use Salisbury Cathedral's nest box have had their chicks hatch. The nest is watched every year with the cathedral providing live feeds on its website.

World interest: New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon joined Prime Minister Keir Starmer on a visit to Wiltshire where Ukrainian forces were being trained by the UK and New Zealand military for Operation Interflex."We have to do what ever we can to protect what is effectively our national heritage."

Gordon Blamire, founder of Go Skydive, which has the site adjacent to Hangar three and the cafe, was driving back from Heathrow Airport when he heard the news of the fire.He said his initial feeling was one of "helplessness".

"I got here just as the last of the fire was burning," he said."We just went straight into 'how do we resolve things' - no one was hurt and that's a great starting place."