My stepson and I decided we would go to a bonfire/fireworks display near his house. It was at the side of a busy road and in a field with a marquee and a cordoned off field for the fireworks. At an entrance fee of £7.50 plus drinks at £2.50 each, we decided that money would be better spent eating McDonald's on the hill above whilst in the van. They lit the fire at 6:30pm which was below wall level from where we were so we just enjoyed watching the smoke plumes billow with the breeze down to Halifax town. We found that a nearer field to us also had a fire and so we had two lots of smoke to see and some fireworks from the second site. The fireworks we had come to see were billed as the biggest ever show at this pub though and they would fill the air In front of us. 7pm came and went. We ate our tea in the van complimenting each other for our forward thinking. 7:30 came and went. Surely the fireworks would be set off soon. The live music boomed from out of site ahead of us. We sat and sat. We saw plenty of fireworks but not the ones we were waiting for. At 8:10pm it was four hours after I had picked him up and other then an hour in town as the ships were closing we had pretty much been waiting. 
We looked at each other saying "How late are these fireworks?"
More importantly, how much do we actually give a shit?
We threw on the towel as we ate chocolate and listened to Zane Lowe featuring a live set from Coldplay. 
The thrill of not paying in to the event had gone. We drove passed the throng as we set off to my house. 
The scene was bedlam. Around a mile of cars dumped at the side of every road greeted us as we wove our way through the welly wearing public walking to and from the fire. 
On our thirty minute ride to my house we saw lots of firework displays. We should have sat on a different hill near mine. By then we didn't care anyway. 
Why doesn't anyone else try and blow up the houses of parliament? It gives you instant fame for millennia to come! 
Also, over the last thirty years that I have witnessed fireworks, they have not got better. They go up and blow up. There is only so much that you can expect and whilst fire watching can be mesmerising, I can do that anytime I like. 
So my stepson completed Heavy Rain on the PS3 until midnight when we went to sleep.