Trusssssssst in me

My brother saw my moth picture yesterday and wondered if it might be an Early Thorn and, having looked at pictures of said species, there is a definite resemblance.

Today's picture is unquestionably an adder, which the boys and I saw (and the dogs completely missed) over Iron Hill just now. He or she was in a hurry to get away from us and I only had my macro lens and no time to change the settings but I was pleased to get a picture at all of one of these elusive creatures. We also saw a slow worm, which a jogger stopped and looked at too and declared it the biggest he'd ever seen.

In other news, Yolanda's was closed when the boys got there yesterday (I didn't realise half-day closing still happened on Wednesdays)! So they're off back down there shortly to have another try...