The Bakewell pudding that got ‘lost in space’ has been found on a farm The regional dessert had been missing for four weeks

A Bakewell pudding that went missing after being launched into space has been found.

The pudding, which had been lost for four weeks, has been discovered on a farm in Lincolnshire.

It had got lost after tracking devices recorded the dessert at 52,500ft (16,000m) over the village of Saxilby.

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The dish had been sent into orbit by pupils at S. Anselm’s Preparatory School in Derbyshire, and sparked widespread interest online.

‘Clearly nibbled around the edges’

The Bakewell pudding was spotted by a local farmer on a field near Louth on Saturday.

Software engineer and school ambassador Nick McCloud, who helped pupils launch their Derbyshire delicacy, told the BBC it had “very clearly been nibbled round the edges”.

Mr McCloud said he would be buying the farmer who found it a second, edible replacement as a thank you.

The experiment raised more than £1,600 for Guide Dogs for the Blind charity.