For the last few years we’ve had a lot of wasps collecting around the back of the house and an investigation showed we had a nest. Rentokill wanted £50 to take it away but “advice” said in the winter the nest would be dormant and I could just pull it off & chuck it out. Hence it’s been there a few years - every summer I think I’ll do it myself in the winter & every winter I either forget or lose my nerve. This weekend though I remembered and was feeling brave (foolish?).

So there I was, twenty feet down a tight crawl space, maybe enough room to turn around slowly, definitely not enough room to move fast in any direction and confronting a 1 to 2 feet diameter wasps nest wondering if they were all dead / asleep / wondering what the noise was and deciding who to send out to investigate. I wriggled round to get a grip of it & kicked my torch. So there I was, twenty feet down a tight crawl space, etc etc … and in the total dark.

:-O