And..... he's back in his viv.

The wife found him him hiding in a ring binder amongst her cookery books. The books are on the bottom of a shelf on the opposite side of the room to where I last saw him. I'd checked everything on that shelf so either he was somewhere else when I looked and has since moved to this new spot, or he was there but ducked down behind the shelf when he heard me moving things.

Needless to say I'm happy that his 11 day spell in the wilds of my dining room is over. I'm also glad that I have a wife who is capable of catching a garter (getting musked in the process) rather than screaming and running from the room.