The other thing is remembering to take everything with you
when go down there. It's annoying to spend 5 minutes wriggling
from one end of the house to the other on your belly (through
the small holes someone else has fortunately already knocked
through the sleeper walls) only to find you've forgotten the
solder or flux or steel wool, and you've got to go all the
way back again!

Have you been round to my house? That's exactly what it's like!
And now that spring has sprung I'm expecting to come across loads of
spiders etc down there. Last time I was down was January when it was
too cold for spiders.

The recent rain and mild weather will soon have the place crawling with
them again no doubt.

Thanks again everyone.