[MAK]

It is very very rare that we have anyone come to the house. We generally finnish our chores at 6;30 ish and on Saturday I was digging about in a collapsed south facing wall ( significant point here) - in recent times we have cooled off in the pool. Last night it was skinny dipping as it was aq bit warm.
But tonight the OH opted for a bath whilst I cooked. An elderley neighbour appeared at the open back door and asked for my help.
She had been eating her supper when she felt something around her feet. Although she has poor sight she suspected it to be a snake.
By the time I inspected her kitchen the snake was in the middle of the floor but by the time I got Chris out of her bath to deal with is the snake was in a corner hissing away and a bit annoyed. A big bugger - about 4 foot so quite old.

Moral of the story - never eat your supper with the door open on a hot day when snakes are about and secondly never assume that you have complete privacey when you are in your garden cooling down.   

[happygolucky]

Yukkkkkkkk I hate snakes.

[shygirl]

whoops. 
i never realised there were snakes in  france.

[cloddopper]

whoops. 
i never realised there were snakes in  france.

 There also know as politicians Shygirl

[spandit]

What species was it? There's a big stripy one that eats other snakes, I recall

[ZaktheLad]

A bit different from having a cat or dog around your feet I suppose...

[Rosemary]

 

[Wee Eck]

Glad it wasn't me ....not very good with snakes or spiders 

                       Eck

[Roxy]

  I don't actually mind snakes .....but not in my kitchen.  Not quite sure what I would have done -probably shut all the doors and run.......

[sabrina]

Hate the things 

[MAK]

I hate them so much I sat the old lady in the garden and got Chris out of the bath to deal with it. It was too big for a viper or asp and was not a western whip snake. She thinks it was a very old grass snake but it was lively on the rake and at the time we did not think of taking photos.

[SteveHants]

I think they have smooth snakes over there - I remember seeing one, I think.


I love snakes, dunno why, I used to spend hours looking for/poking at adders on the heath when I was a kid.

[Alistair]

I love snakes,got a few myself, just need to be calm round them, let them know your there

[Fanackapan]

I thought you were going to say the old ladies knicker elastic had snapped 

[Lesley Silvester]

So did I.