There was I perched on the loo when I looked up into the mirror and just above my head sat an enormous spider - I mean it was at least two hand spans and to my mind it must have found some steroids somewhere to get to that size! I jumped off loo screaming, pants around my ankles still doing you know what! Terry came running and nearly killed himself laughing when he saw me struggling with said wet pants, etc trying to exit bathroom in a hurry. He fetched a glass, a rather large glass, in fact a wide mouth coke glass and managed to get said spider into glass but instead of waiting for me to hand him a piece of card to cover the glass he decides to jiggle said spider to the bottom. Said spider was having none of that and climbed up glass, Terry starts grunting and hopping madly around with said spider still clinging to glass. Terry drops glass and spider into loo (which I might add I didn't get a chance to flush!), as said spider climbs onto his hand Terry spends next 10 minutes fishing said broken glass out of loo (still not flushed) with bbq tongs (which have ended up in the bin!) Spider meanwhile tries to climb up loo and tongs. Terry eventually picks spider up with tongs and deposits said spider into bag and then puts spider and bag into bin. Spider not being outdone decides that a bag and bin is no place for a self respecting spider and commences to escape bag and bin and starts running all over bathroom with Terry in hot pursuit (meanwhile I'm making quick exit from bedroom swearing never to return unless he catches the beast!) Terry catches said big spider again with tongs, carefully takes him outside, and deposits him at bottom of garden. Said spider scampers off. Peace is restored, rest of glass from bottom of loo retrieved, loo flushed, bathroom floor washed and pants in washing machine - peace again reigns in white household. I now check bathroom wall for spiders before sitting on loo! Nothing like a peaceful evening eh!

As an aside, our next door neighbour mentioned that she had seen an enormous spider in her garden - wonder if it was our friend on steroids. Hope he decides tomake his new home next door!