I got eaten by a bear. So I made a new character, who set off from a known location and headed back to my house. The new character got 3/4 of the way, saw a boar and ran away ... unfortunately not fast enough. My third character in as many days is now alone in the wilderness and would REALLY like to know where. *cry*
Edited - seems the server is down so no option but to trawl around the map looking for the place I just got rid of the picture of. Now I just have to build a boat before I can go anywhere. *crys more*