An unwelcome visitor!

It may just have been an ordinary Queen wasp looking for somewhere to start a nest. They can be huge.

I haven’t seen a hornet in this country but we used to get them in the Far East boring holes an inch across in the facias on our bungalow! We didn’t made any attempt to stop them.

Are they taking over from the 'normal' wasp? I got stung by the 'normal' type in a London underground train of all places!!! The only time I've ever been stung - touch wood!!!

I got stung last year by one and so did one of my dogs!

I was over the woods and saw this huge big thing and then it disappeared and I felt a sharp pain in my knee and it had stung through my trousers! The sting was momentarily but then one of the dogs yelped and stood still and refused to walk and I had to carry him home!

He was fine and so was I but two weeks after my sting it came back with a vengeance and itched and hurt for over a week! Bizarre!

No, and I hope I never do !