Who knows what's around the corner...

Tonight, the girls and I watched the first four episodes of '24'. We were totally immersed and what was supposed to be an early night, turned into an unpreventable late one.

Afterwards, I opened the back door and put one foot out onto the paving. I then started flapping my arms about, hoping the security light would come on so I could check for any rogue snails. I am petrified of the little buggers, but alas, no sooner had I put my best foot forward, I heard that toe-curling crunch.

I retreated quickly and headed for the front door of our basement flat instead. Looking up the stairs I couldn't help but feel on my guard. Mainly from the snails, but also from potential snipers hiding round the corner. Yep - that's clearly enough '24' for one night...