
Victory at last!
I finally got the web out tonight, but didn't find the spider? I think he/she'd have starved by now anyway as he/she hadn't caught a great deal - just one measly thunder bug! Tried the obvious: Compressed air - didn't work, specially adapted vacuum cleaner nozzle - didn't work. In the end the successful method involved my 6 year old daughter making a 1" pom-pom (which she's rather good at) and then me attaching it to an old wire coat hanger, inserting through the dip bulb hole, and slowly twisting it round, winding up the web round the it, and hey presto out it all came back through the bulb hole!
Now time for a pint...