BIG SIPDERS

we were in the plot and found the biggest spider i ever saw...it was as big as my hand, and its legs were all folded in too, so as big as my hand but SOLID spider...it was sitting on the tree at almost precisely the point that you'd put your hand on it if you were walking uphill. BUT I DIDN@T HAVE MY CAMERA DAMMIT cos it was raining.

i think i found a pic of it on the tinterweb though, cop this:

http://www.bighairyspiders.com/fasciata.shtml

(click on pic in top right; i think ours wasnt exactly this species but it was pretty close - same genus)

we stood and feared it for a bit, then did some poking it with a very very long stick until it was really annoyed, then we went and had tea. the end