Yesterday, Thursday, I’d let Cat out a bit earlier as he was wanting to go out. There’d been heavy rain most of the day but at last the rain had paused.
I left his special conservatory access open for when he returned in the morning. Around 11.30pm I prepared to turn in and checked the conservatory one last time. And, there he was. Lying down. The rain had started up again and he must have decided that he’d had enough night patrolling and had returned to base. He was a bit damp probably from get exposed to the rain during his last few metres.
He finished off what was left in his bowl and after some water toddled off upstairs to bed. He’s only stayed a few times overnight but he did very well I heard him go downstairs a couple of times early on probably for water and a mooch. But he settled down and slept through.
The following day after breakfast he asked to be let out. Even though it was raining he sheltered under an ivy bush for a while before disappearing. He came back an hour or so later looking like a soggy moggy. But he had a bite to eat and went off to bed.