I am not a creepy crawly fan either and not too keen on snakes or slithering things but last summer I over came my fear of touching slow worms in order to rescue them from the garden of my late sister when her house was being sold. I tried to just use a net so that I wouldn't have to touch them but that was pretty fruitless as contrary to their name they are very quick when warmed up, so armed with wellies, thick rubber gloves with all loose clothing well tucked in I faced my fear and managed to catch and relocate almost 70. They were mostly babies but quite a few big ones too and probably hundreds more left there but I ran out of time. I only hope those left managed to hibernate out of the way before any big garden work started. Sounds very brave but I know that if one of them, however small, had wriggled up my sleeve or jeans I would have been hysterical!