We have some un-invited guests of the squirrel variety in our house at the minute. The little beasts have been clambering up our wall and into a hole in our barge boards.

They have been living in our loft for about a week and in that time they have been elevated to arch-nemesis status. Various attempts to rid ourselves of them have all failed. I tried:

the logical way – I tried to block up the hole they come in, it’s in a very awkward place so this is impossible from inside.

the humane way I. – a plug which sends out a noise that irritates them so they move on (bollocks).

the humane way II. making lots of noise to scare them off, ranging from going up there lots and making noise, to making them listen to three counties radio all day!

Then, after beginning to make more noise every morning I found that they have been eating the wires up there, time to get the professionals in.

We eventually went with these guys. They were the only people would come out on Saturday. It cost us £75 and was pretty quick, it took less than a day to have them killed.

Now the next step is to go and inspect the damage to the wires, lets hope I can fix it and we don’t need an electrician.