A YOUNG boy's wish to post a home-made greetings card to his grandmother came true as the single piece of paper floated on to her doormat yesterday.

Despite it having no stamp or envelope, the sheet of A4 paper, patterned with scribbles and little words, winged its way to 68-year-old Gwendoline Stubbs.

Six-year-old Jordan Davidson had begged his mother Ellen to let him put the card in the letterbox after he had spent time designing it for his grandmother on Mother's Day.

"He was desperate to put this piece of paper in the letterbox for his nana. I went along with it just to please him, but I didn't think for one minute it would actually get to her," said Ms Davidson, of Locomotive Street, Darlington.

"It had her address on the paper but it wasn't in an envelope or stamped."

But Mrs Stubbs, of Walkworth Way, Darlington, woke up to a nice surprise as the postman popped the card through the letterbox.

"She was over the moon. She's been a bit down at the moment, waiting for a hip replacement, but this has really made her day. We just want to say thank-you to the postmen and women," said Ms Davidson, 42.

A spokesman for Royal Mail said: "Under normal circumstance this should not have happened.

"However, the nature of the item struck a chord with all Royal Mail staff who handled it and we are pleased that in this case there is a positive and welcome outcome."