Reminds me of the afternoon we arrived home after school run. We opened the garage door, which was our entrance door. On the floor Behind the letterbox were narrow lengths of wood. My blood ran cold, shocked I tried to work out what was happening, had we been burgled???
I ran through the house, everything looked ok. The gate at the side of the house was locked so I couldn't understand how the wood had been taken from the front garden and thrown on the garage floor!!!
Then my 16 yr old son came home, and explained why what and how
Turned out the security gate on the side of the house wasnt secure, as being slim he was able to slip through the little open circle design in the centre of the wrought iron work!
He had collected the wood, passed it thru the letterbox and attempted to hit/nudge the thumb screw yale lock to open the garage door.
He'd succeeded in the past but this time it thwarted every attempt and he was well and truly locked out.
My neighbour saw him sitting on the doorstep, took pity on him and invited him in for tea, literally fed him like the fatted calf!
Needless to say, our security methods were improved having seen how easy the door was to jemmy open!
6 months later my eldest son went out, and knowing his brother never had his key, he decided to text him to let him know the door key was under the snow, on the garden wall 3 bricks from the right.
Brother slept at his mates that night so never used thd key. We knew nothing of the fact it was under the snow, till 3 days later when eldest asked where the key was....
On the 3rd brick from the right, in full view of the footpath...... after a thorough thaw!
When you have kids you can never assume everything is locked down!