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"We just don't know where it came from. It's a complete mystery." Lyndsey Helliwell, 41, who lives with husband Ross, 51, and daughters Elise, 9, and Nuala, 13, said she
was glad that no one was in the garden at the time. She said: "It's slightly concerning that it was so close to the house, and the dog is constantly out in the garden because
it's secluded. "If it had been Saturday or a Sunday the kids could have been out playing football, or my older daughter could have been playing with Harper [our dog].
"It's yards from the house and the car. But I've spoken to a meteorologist and this sort of thing doesn't happen often. "The whole thing was covered in ice and
there were huge chunks everywhere. "It's just so huge and so solid." It is usually assumed that ice falling from the sky is aviation related, but ice falls from aircraft are
considered to be relatively rare. In comparison to the 2.5 million flights a year in UK airspace, approximately 25 ice falls per year are reported to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Some
of these instances may occur because ice which has naturally formed on an aircraft at higher altitudes breaks off as it descends into warmer air. But there have been reports of falling
chunks of ice which date back to before the existence of aircraft. Research into the phenomena is ongoing by scientists across the world but is controversial.
