Not just any old rock. Let me explain.
My wife likes snakes. We have a place in the south of France, and there are snakes all over the place. A lot of them like to bask in warm places, especially on a dark surface that has been warmed by the sun. Unfortunately that often means the tarmac surface of a road, often with the predictable result.
My wife wants to get a big, dark-coloured rock to put in the garden so that (she hopes) a few of the snakes will come to bask on it instead of making their way to the road. I know it won't help the snake population one little bit, but it would be nice for her to see a snake or two basking on her snake rock now and then. We see more than enough dying on the road.
A piece or few of dark slate might do. It would need to be thick, so that will hold some heat, not thin like slates we use for roofing, which in the fierce sun that we can get down there would get far too hot very quickly and would get cold equally quickly when the sun goes down.
I've put a list of possible swaps at
http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/JOS/misc/swaps.txt
but I'm prepared to pay for a suitable chunk of slate or dark coloured rock or whatever.
Before you all say "Why don't you ask a builder in France" I can tell you that I've plenty of experience of asking builders in France to do things for me, and if I never have to do it ever again in my entire life it will be too soon.
My wife likes snakes. We have a place in the south of France, and there are snakes all over the place. A lot of them like to bask in warm places, especially on a dark surface that has been warmed by the sun. Unfortunately that often means the tarmac surface of a road, often with the predictable result.
My wife wants to get a big, dark-coloured rock to put in the garden so that (she hopes) a few of the snakes will come to bask on it instead of making their way to the road. I know it won't help the snake population one little bit, but it would be nice for her to see a snake or two basking on her snake rock now and then. We see more than enough dying on the road.
A piece or few of dark slate might do. It would need to be thick, so that will hold some heat, not thin like slates we use for roofing, which in the fierce sun that we can get down there would get far too hot very quickly and would get cold equally quickly when the sun goes down.
I've put a list of possible swaps at
http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/JOS/misc/swaps.txt
but I'm prepared to pay for a suitable chunk of slate or dark coloured rock or whatever.
Before you all say "Why don't you ask a builder in France" I can tell you that I've plenty of experience of asking builders in France to do things for me, and if I never have to do it ever again in my entire life it will be too soon.
