The Buddhist Monk was an incongruous figure encountered in woods in Wales by Kirk and Beth Sutherland when they were lost on a walk while on a camping trip there in August 2015. Beth had been stung on her backside by a hornet and was not in the most amenable of tempers but the sight of the man in orange robes silenced even her. He provided her with a balm to put on which was made up of baking powder, vinegar and a few herbal remedies of his own which he said would calm the sting down and when he told her that some claimed it had anti-aging properties she eagerly started applying it to her face and arms as well!