A WOODSMAN who spent three years living under a parachute has returned to warm showers and hot dinners - with a new outlook on life.

David Llewellyn, who made headlines with his back-to-nature approach, said his blossoming business interests had compelled him to leave the Stourport woodland that had served as his no-frills home.David Llewellyn.

He added he was knocked out by television footage shot last year - at the height of his leafy lifestyle. It will be broadcast for the first time next Thursday.

The 34-year-old left the woods in February and moved into a static caravan to concentrate on his Woodland Ways venture, making fencing from coppiced hazel trees.

He said: "I got so used to living in the woods and now I can see why people said what they did about me, about how hard it would be to live in the woods. I didn't realise how hard it was until I got electricity and could do everything in an instant."

Viewing the video footage, to be screened on ITV's Heart of the Country, was "unreal. It is hard to believe it is the same person," he said.

The outdoor enthusiast said, however, that his decision to quit his house in Kidderminster in 2000 and head for the country had given him a different perspective on his life.

He said: "I wouldn't have my business without doing that and it really has made me a better person. I feel fulfilled and I am doing what I want to do with my life.

"I love the woods so much and I still do but at least I can have the comforts life can give you and still go to the woods and do the stuff I enjoy."

Mr Llewellyn, who attended Stourport High, has managed to keep his namesake alive though - his caravan is now appropriately placed behind the Woodman Inn pub.