A woman said she's lucky to be alive after being bitten by Britain's only venomous snake in an attack that left her in hospital for two days.
Beau Avis was walking her dog Bonnie in sandals on a country lane near Brentwood, Essex, on Wednesday when an adder sprung up on her and sunk its teeth into her ankle - sending her into anaphylactic shock within minutes.
The 26-year-old, who luckily was with her dad Kevin at the time, was rushed to Queen's Hospital in Romford where doctors, by chance, had anti-venom to hand.
