Out today on perhaps the best day of the year so far (if you measure that, as I do, by the criteria of no rain, clement temperature and sunny skies)to walk the Sugarloaf, a mountain of nearly 600 metres, lying just north of Abergavenny in the Welsh Marches.
At one point we spot a small snake which I initially identify as a slow worm, though my wife points out the "V for viper" marking on its head. As I approach it to take a photo, it rears up threateningly and I withdraw cautiously. It was about 50 cm long and as thick as my thumb, and very, very beautiful. This is my first sighting of this relatively rare creature, despite my many years of hill walking: it thoroughly made my day.
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