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HERMAN the tortoise is more than 30 years old, but she can still cover some distance.
The female tortoise has just been returned home after travelling 4.8 km across country in a little over three months, her owners said.
"It is great to have her back," said owner Ken Swanston, 62, a retired fisherman from West Lilburn, near Alnwick in northeast England.
"Herman escaped from a hole in the garden fence when we were away on holiday at the end of May. We hunted high and low looking for her but we never found her and we even reported her missing to the police."
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