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SOMETIMES necessity is the mother of invention as this father proved when he dreamt up a neat plan to beat the heat. 

Dad Mark Hoyle from Nottingham had the genius idea of turning a builders' skip into a pool after he was tasked with keeping his little lad cool.

 Mark Hoyle had been asked to buy a paddling pool for his son so he improvised instead
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Mark Hoyle had been asked to buy a paddling pool for his son so he improvised instead
 She later came round to the idea
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She later came round to the ideaCredit: ladbaby.com
 Mark said he is "tight" but he came up with the plan because he doesn't fit in a paddling pool
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Mark said he is "tight" but he came up with the plan because he doesn't fit in a paddling pool

Capturing his light-bulb moment on his , Mark explained his miracle mission.

He said: “So with the weather being a thousand degrees all week the Mrs has been moaning on at me about buying a paddling pool for the kid.    

“The Mrs is out all day at her mum's and I’ve had a bit of an idea - let’s say everyone wins.”

Mark said: “It will stop his head getting hot and he’ll sleep better.

“She keeps calling me tight, it’s not that it’s tight - well I am tight.

“But that’s not the reason that’s stopping me is that I don’t fit in a paddling pool."

 The skip arrives in the drive
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The skip arrives in the driveCredit: ladbaby.com
 The dad used a skip filled with water to cool down in the heatwave
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The dad used a skip filled with water to cool down in the heatwave
 The pair seemed to be enjoying the makeshift pool
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The pair seemed to be enjoying the makeshift pool

But Mark points out that he was baking as well.

And so the skip was delivered and a hose filled it with water.

His wife then came home and she found it hard to keep her cool.


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