Deciding to make your craziest dreams come true is one thing. But having your children look up to you for it…that makes it all worthwhile.

Forests have long been considered a steady, yet boring investment. But recently, an upturn in timber prices has led to a renaissance in timber shares. However, none of this was felt at Highland Timber plc, a tiny English forest company listed on London's AIM market. Ever since the mid-1990s, the share price has only ever gone downward. That is, until a few months ago.