This picture shows 'Patch' looking into our garden. He was certainly stray if not totally feral when he started to arrive. Chevy Chase the male at home wouldn't give him house room but sadly when Chevy died Patch turned up one day having lost the top of an ear and with a face covered in blood. You couldn't turn him away and he is still here. I understand the ear clip is by cat protection organisations to reduce the number of fertile males who are then clipped and can't procreate. Patch made no sound for some years but could hiss in the nastiest way and in a way none of our own cats ever have. He can still hiss but usually when he senses sudden movement or what he perceives as aggression. I tried to imagine a cat battle and how they would face a common enemy and that features as the climax of my new book. Hopefully visually strong and favourable to cats and Patch would be on the front line.

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