Today has been quite interesting. I spent a considerable part of it rescuing a cat which, possibly, didn’t require rescue.

The cat in question showed up outside my house this morning. It looked quite thin, but otherwise healthy. It was still there later in the morning and, when I stroked it, I could feel it’s bones, so I gave it a pack of catfood, which it ate almost immediately.

To cut to the chase, I spent several hours taking the cat to the vets (it had no name tag). They discovered that the info on it’s microchip was out of date, showing it living in another town, and the contact numbers were dead. All the local cat shelters are full due to it being the tail-end of kitten season, and I had to locate another vet who would take it in as a stray until a shelter place could be found.

Then, later in the day, I discovered that it lives just down the road…

I don’t actually know if the cat was missing, or just decided to wander onto our property for a change (I’ve never seen it before) but it’s safely back with it’s family now though, which is good. Things would have been much simpler however had it had a name tag / up-to-date microchip data.

Appropos of nothing, here’s a picture of what men used to wear in the 1970s in the UK. I was a child then though, so wore nothing like this. 🙂

Nikon F80 & Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD on Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 9mins.

Taken on 9 August 2025