If you're an arachnaphobe like me......

I can’t stand spiders, and I disturbed Aragog while I was pulling ivy off a wall in my garden earlier today, scared me half to death! If I find one in the house I put a glass over it, that’s as near as I can get, then it has to wait until somebody sensible can put it outside. I’ll try the peppermint oil and conkers too, anything is worth a try.

Total arachnaphobe, many, many years ago actually called hubbie home from work as there was a giant one in the kitchen. I took baby and retreated to living room, leaving supper in oven unattended.

Conkers are a great resource. Used to scatter these around my house near Epping Forest, and they really worked.