Just after lunch today we were on our way out shopping. Wife went upstairs to change and watched Twiggy jump up on to the oil storage tank, then on to the dividing wall and finally on to out neighbour's extensions flat roof. I went outside to see what the cat was doing, by which time it was on the house roof, examining the sparrows nesting sites round the dormer window. When I spoke Twiggy came down from there and sat on the window ledge.
Wife opened the window, which opens inwards, to let her in. This window has a faulty drainage hole in it and fills up with water. Naturally it chose this occasion to empty itself over the bedroom carpet. While she was rushing for towels etc. the cat disappeared downstairs and out through the back door.
When I had dropped Wife off in Town I returned to find Twiggy now sat on our Extension roof, peering over the edge as I opened the backdoor. There is no way she could get down from there. So upstairs I went and opened the window again, more water, but at least the towels were still there. In came Twiggy after a scrabble to get up on to the guttering and across to the window ledge.
As I closed the window she went downstairs so fast that she went underneath the other cat who was coming in through the backdoor. He was not amused.
Twiggy headed for my chair and as you can see settled down for a well earned sleep.
There is no way I am putting a cat flap in the bedroom window!
