I was woken this morning by what appeared to be a hornet making its way lazily but methodically around my room. It's strange the buzzing was loud enough to rouse me - perhaps the light from the beautiful day we've been predicted made the difference, or perhaps the insect buzzed me in its travails.

Regardless, after the maggot experience, I don't want any other insect types setting up home in myhouse, especially not where I sleep. It's bad enough that there's been a wasps' nest immediately outside my window for the last few years; I have to shoo out several wasps a day, and my ex-girlfriend even got stung when she rolled over in her sleep onto a wasp that was taking a breather on the mattress.

My parents have an odd wasp situation. Last year they had some flash, classy new decking installed on their patio, made of hard-wearing, silver oak wood. However, it seems that this wood is also ideal for making the papery wasp nest, as over the summer months I'd always see three or four wasps literally eating wood from the handrail and flying off home, leaving little light-coloured trails. It's barely noticeable now, especially after a winter of stains and moisture. But give it another few years...