Overview

• The TV chef cycled 450 miles from Land’s End to Dover over 18 days as part of Two Wheels For Meals to support food poverty charities.
• While riding in Cornwall she tumbled into a hedge and was bitten on the leg by an adder, Britain’s only venomous snake.
• The bite caused her leg to turn yellow with a thick black line, yet she hid the injury to avoid being removed from the challenge and carried on.
• Shrager disclosed the ordeal on Loose Women on June 30, saying she knew adder bites rarely prove fatal for healthy adults.
• An increase in exotic snake ownership has driven a rise in venomous bite incidents in the UK, reinforcing experts’ call for immediate treatment after any adder encounter.