But mystery surrounds just how the 50-year-old pet got that far.
Owners David and Jean Hipperson feared they would never see Timmy again after she vanished from her hut in the back garden. Two weeks went by and the couple of Trowbridge, Wilts, put up missing posters but had no luck.
Graphic from here.
But then a woman spotted Timmy walking along a main road 13 miles away in Midsomer Norton.
The Moroccan spur-thigh tortoise clocked up an average speed of 0.038mph during her long walk - well below the average tortoise top speed of 0.3mph. At her fastest Timmy could have completed the incredible 13-mile trip in 43 hours.
David, 63, admitted yesterday: "I'm baffled how she could have walked so far. Tortoises are not exactly famous for being quick off the mark and Timmy isn't even energetic for a tortoise - so how she made it that far is a mystery. I would love to find out how she did it."
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