Country diary 1974: adders find their place in the northern sun

19 April 1974: They seem to put in an appearance as the weather turns warmer and you often see them lying onunpaved forest tracksNORTHUMBERLAND and DURHAM: The viper or adder is a common enough reptile of these two northern counties. They seem to put in an appearance as the weather turns warmer. Adders love to lie coiled on some rock in the rays of the sun. You often see them lying on the unpaved forest tracks which run through heatherland and the vast conifer forests. The southern flanks of the