Maui Jim back to nature on the allotment

What could possibly connect Maui Jim sunglasses and Slow worms? Read on. 

I must admit to keeping my Maui Jims for best. I have a pair of the digitally surfaced rimless ones with the Passport lenses. They are pretty damn good sunwear good but it wasn't until Sunday that I found out how useful they can be.

I admit it I was gardening in my Mauis, not something I would normally do, but I had a few boards to put down in the greenhouse, a spot of planting and some compost to get rid of and , you know how it is. It was a hot sunny afternoon and I already had them on because I had been out for a cycle that morning.

The first job was chucking a load of stuff on the compost heap so I took off the cover and swung the bag of compost over my head. I felt the Mauis being pulled off my face as I swang the bag. I looked down and luckily saw them and popped them back on.

As soon as I put them back on I noticed a face looking up out of the heap and a long sleek iridescent silver/beige body. It had been camouflaged beautifully but with the lenses on I could see it perfectly. I'm not that short sighted and realised  it was the polarisation and the tint that made the slow worm visible not the correction. The effect was really impressive.

Perhaps I need to get out more but I felt it was quite a treat to see such a beautiful creature living close by. I popped his cover back on and will look out for him in my Mauis next time I am down on the allotment.