Some things are just meant to be.
No Cat appeared in the conservatory as usual overnight. No sightings on the cameras. At 7am I went out the side door down the drive to pick up 4 stones from the driveway by the road before they got thrown at passing cars. I walked back up the drive to deposit the stones near the garage, turned, and there was Cat slowly crossing the road from the park as nonchalantly as possible!
He was just walking casually across. The traffic is getting busy by 7am. He slipped through driveway gate & started walking up the drive. Then he spotted me and started to run towards me and went in the side door whilst I held it open for him. Quite relieved to see the little rascal. 
Coincidence or…?