A CHEDDAR father-of-two had the shock of his life when his wife announced she had booked him in for a skydive.

A CHEDDAR father-of-two had the shock of his life when his wife announced she had booked him in for a skydive.

Alyssa Belcher, aged 33, says she made the appointment after a discussion she had had with her husband Paul.

Alyssa, a support worker for the YMCA in Bridgwater, said: "We were having one of those chats about things we want to do before we die and we both mentioned doing a skydive.

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