I WITNESSED the joys of a lottery win this week.

Though the £167,000 plus scooped by a Plank Lane foursome is not life changing it is certainly enough to relieve any financial pressure.

The syndicate, three of whom work at Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School, and one at the tip, jetted off for an Ibizan holiday on May 5 with a party of 20 family and friends, the day after they discovered their boat had come in.

They returned to pick up their £41,000 plus each at their lovely local the Nevison, and you could feel the joy that the relatively small win had created.

Syndicate leader Brenda Thompson spoke for the when she said the win would mean a new life for them all.

She is planning to use the bonus towards a new house while one wants a new car and another a gas fire! And they're all planning another summer holiday with the same crowd.

I wished them all the best and admitted that I'd been struck by one of the seven deadly sins -- envy. Anyone who wouldn't admit to being a bit jealous is a fibber. I don't ask for much, but why can't it be me?