Mr Melding said: "I'm not sure whether I am in shock or awe".

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It's now Friday and I am still in shock.

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"I am a retired farmer myself and it is a great shock when you don't see the animals on the farmyard anymore, " he added.

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"It's presumptuous to say I am changed, " he said, but added that the shock of going from "civilization to the middle of nowhere" had its effect.

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It came as a horrible shock to me, and so I realized: What am I?

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