Gecko safe after travelling 120 miles by post

A gallivanting gecko has turned up safe and well after hitching a 120-mile ride inside an envelope following an internet shopping mix-up.

Sahara, the leopard gecko, sneaked into an open parcel at his owner's home in Sedgeford, near Birmingham, last Wednesday.

The gecko spent two days inside the envelope travelling around 120 miles, before popping out in front of shocked Phillipa Durrant, who had been expecting the parcel to contain a belt she had bought on internet shopping site eBay.

The mother-of-seven, from Finchampstead in Berkshire, took the reptile to the vets where he was given the all-clear despite his ordeal.