End of the Big Sleep

Look who's up!
I've been checking on Peter tortoise (AKA Stormin' Norman) over the last  couple of weeks. He has  been hibernating in our garden shed for the past five months Peter goes into hibernation.  He had changed his position in his bed of hay  a few times recently, but still looked asleep. However, this morning, he was definitely  awake, so we moved him in his house into his enclosure, and  opened  up the  "drawbridge". Within  about half an hour he was out on his veranda  and then venturing out to inspect his garden. However, it was rather dull, cloudy, and only about 10C, so he soon returned to bed- before I could  offer him a nice warm bath. He is looking a bit dusty!!  
It's the earliest he has woken up from hibernation; last year it was 17th March, and before  that, when he lived in the slightly cooler climate of Hertfordshire, he slept in until the end of March. I'm sure my Mum will be excited  when I tell her her old friend has survived another winter.