THERE was good news this week for all Times readers wondering — or is it wandering? — what has happened to the roaming tortoise, Mr Shell from Yelverton.

Mr Shell was reported lost by his owner, Della Barbour and her family, when 'it made a run for it' from their garden near St Paul's Church in June.

The concerned Barbours had given up hope of ever seeing their family pet again so put an advertisement in the Times appealing for any information on the evasive reptilian and even offering a generous reward.

To the relief of the Barbour family and his girlfriend and fellow tortoise Ivy, Mr Shell was found and returned to them safe and sound.