Thanks so much all for your kind words, thought and sound advice. A great comfort, my wife is beside herself as are our two boys, and if I am totally honest so am I, it just doesn't seem the same without seeing her head sticking up in her pen and her snorting away waiting for her food before loloping off and doing some daft thing or other.
Carole, we are in a village called Obterre in dept 36 so maybe we are close?? I went out yesterday on the tractor with the theory that it would be higher up and I would be able to see if she had fallen into a fosse or ditch but do you know there is absolutely nothing, no signs of rooting, no dung, footprints or anything not a bloomin sign. It is if she has just spirited away.
I called into our bar last evening and the owner kindly insisted that I put up a notice which I have done and also if she isn't back by tomorrow then he is going to organise a hunt with a load of the local's, really very very kind of him. The chaps in the bar think it is bizarre that she hasn't been seen as we have a lot of open ground bordered by hedgerows and some small woods. she must be somewhere?? all we hope is that she hasn't been 'pignapped' and some b*****d isn't rubbing their hands with glee at this apparent gift from the gods!!
Kate, A good idea about Angloinfo, will do that today after our searching.
Cheers all and will keep you posted.
Andy