Here’s a story that will strike a chord with cat owners everywhere (but you don’t have to own a cat to enjoy it).

Over to @garwboy on Twitter, who answered the door and this happened.

A morning thread for you This morning we had a knock at the door. It's one of our neighbour's small children, she is knocking to tell us "he's stuck on your roof" "Who?" I wonder aloud Who do you effing think, I reply to myself, thankfully not aloud. #Pickle /1 pic.twitter.com/IH0N4Itb1d — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

Unfortunately, this is the point where we're leaving for the school run, so I can't do anything about it now. So we head off. I'm back 20 minutes later. He's still in the exact same position. Clearly stuck. So, what to do? /2 — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

Wife is in work today so I'm alone. We don't have any ladders that long. Calling the fire brigade seems like an 'if all else fails' option, and I don't want to seem like a massive cliche straight away. /3 — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

Eventually, I figure I could feasibly go out through the loft window onto our roof and reach him that way. Risky though. Roof is old and moss covered, slippery, probably why Pickle is stuck in the first place. It's also in need of replacement, so could it even hold me? /4 — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

I then figure that if I secure myself with a line to secure point in the attic, I could maybe lean out enough to reach him with a broom or something. So I gather the stuff I think I'll need and head to the attic, to rescue my ludicrous cat /5 — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

Get to the attic, first things first, check if I can actually see where Pickle is from the window. I can indeed see him. It's easy, seeing as he's looking up at me from the pissing garden He was never stuck, he was just enjoying the view, apparently Dickhead! /6 — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

To top it off, he sees me, and, gracefully as you like, breezily climbs up to where I am and struts in through the window, to show how easy it is. So if any of my neighbours were wondering who's yelling such coarse things at this early hour, sorry. But I was provoked! /end — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

Addendum: I'm probably just imagining this, but Pickle now seems to be following me around, climbing on top of the nearest 'high" thing, and staring at me mockingly. Fairly sure cats don't have a concept of 'taking the piss', but if there was *ever* one that was likely to… pic.twitter.com/Ya9Mc1Mr3F — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

Perfect.

Nothing delights me quite as much as a photo of a little pointy eared catface poking up from somewhere it shouldn't be. Glad Pickle is fine. — A Trenchcoat Full Of Spiders (@Scriblit) October 24, 2019

am 93% sure he's genuinely indestructible at this point, largely due to this and his constant fighting with next door's Husky (at least 11 times his size) leading to the neighbours to complain that he's bullying their dog. — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 24, 2019

And you can follow @garwboy here.

October already? My book Psycho-Logical is released THIS MONTH (10-10-19)https://t.co/Q4s8WHAc8J All about the science of #MentalHealth Why are problems so common?How does medication work (or not)? What's happening in the brain? All this, and more An @audible exclusive pic.twitter.com/scxIpjtTXO — HallowEan Burnett (@garwboy) October 1, 2019

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A lovely story about a missing cat that will ring true with anyone who’s ever lost a pet

Source @garwboy