After only 6 weeks of living in wild, wonderful country - foot of a mountain,edge of a forest - I have encountered some wonderful creatures in my home. A huge toad in my Wellington boot, a very long green stick insect on my toilet rolls and a lost lamb (not restored to the flock).

Many wonderful spiders and a few bees as the early spring sun occasionally touches the 50 aluminium hives that are situated about half a kilometre in the forest.

Oh, and wild boars - but I've only heard them at night, in the dark under my window. Have yet to see one.

After living in a crowded fishing port for years I'm loving it here.