No snakes in Britain! :diablo:

Look at https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Sterkfontein_Dam_Nature_Reserve (the article is 95% my own work and all the photos are mine)
I go camping there with my kid every year. These guys graze outside your tent in the middle of the night…and the temperature can be freezing (warm in the daytime) from May to September. There is also occasional snow.