DARYL Samways is an inspiration to us all.

When he was born 30 years ago, he was not expected to survive.

At the time, he was the youngest surviving premature baby to be born at Poole Hospital, weighing just 1lb 10oz.

Daryl has spent the last 30 years proving the experts wrong and enjoyed his birthday celebrations on Friday.

He told us: “Life is life, you just deal with it and get on with things.”

We should remember those words next time we are about to moan about something trivial.

Daryl, we salute you.