Out for a first ride on my Iron Horse 6point6 and we came across this adder right in the middle of the trail.

Nearly ran it over – I thought it was a branch or something 'til my mate pointed out it was a snake. The dog was quite interested until it started hissing……..

Looks pretty big.

Is a decent size too.

Yeah it's a 19 inch 😀

where was this?

nice

It was exactly HERE

Durris – near Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.

Snake vs Horse – Looks like the snake won

Cool 😀

Not seen an adder for years

A Scottish snake, cool! Looks like it's had too many deep fried rodents though 🙂

A Scottish snake, cool! Looks like it's had too many deep fried rodents though

Dunno about that but took my Kiwi mate into The Carron Chip Shop, Stonehaven to sample a deep fried Mars bar after our ride. They invented them there apparently.

Last adder I saw in the wild was a Scottish one – basking in the sun on a road at Kirroughtree.

to be honest im a bit dissapointed, i was hoping for some kind of epic battle scene…nice to see a snake though, havent seen one in ages!