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Yesterday there was a small snake basking on the front steps. When confronted, it went and hid in the garage. Howard got it out in the end with a broomstick.



Inspired by this, the boys built a snake trap using the grass collecting box from the lawnmower, a funnel, some mosquito netting and a tasty fish finger as bait. The trap was strategically placed behind a logpile. Mercifully, this afternoon it still hadn't caught any snakes. We are not going to have a pet snake. They don't go well with hamsters.

Tomorrow and Saturday, Lowri is doing some concerts in the Dordogne so we are all going to go along too. The first one is in Saint-Pompont. Viamichelin.com says this takes 3 1/4 hours from Castres and Google Maps says it takes 4 1/4. We'll go with viamichelin.

Just been having a look at Google Spreadsheets. It looks as though it could be very useful because it allows different users to view and edit the same spreadsheet online, even at the same time. And it's free. Unfortunately at this stage they have tight limits on the size of sheet that can be imported, so it won't work yet for big fat databases.

Herne and Philomena are reading the collected adventures of Tintin at the moment.