[pmrid (Peter)]

It looked like a partly clear night (the first in several months) so I just popped over to the obs to roll the roof back and start some temperature stabilising going.

Had trouble with the ROR though and couldn't figure out why. After a fair bit of head scratching I spotted the problem. A 5 metre carpet snake snoozing after a feed of rabbit had stretched out along the main runner for the roof.

No time to take photos. I had a "snake stick " handy as I usually do these days and was able to catch it and drive it to a nice shady spot beside a river about 5 km away. I hope it adage about putting a waterway between you and the snake holds good. That's the second one of those in 6 months.


Peter