Above is a cat painting that Pete Stanley tipped me off to. Cheers, Pete!

I was also told about another cat painting, but unfortunately, it has been painted over; as in, you’d never know it had ever been there.

I have no idea as to whether it has been covered up by the council, or a member of the public who finds graphitti offensive. In either case, a wealth of incredibly poor graphitti remains, in the very area that the two-dimensional feline used to reside.

Given a choice between a depressingly amateurish three-initial scrawl of a “tag” repeatedly smeared across the underpasses of the town, or a series of “Where’s Wally”-esque witch’s cats, I know which ones I would rather see removed.

The cat trail could be something that draw people into town, for less cynical reasons than for raw commerce. If small children aren’t delighted & inspired by such things any more, then the human race has taken a nose-dive.

If the council decides on some kind of initiative to brighten up a town, then it costs thousands of pounds. When a citizen does something to add a bit of charm & character, for free, it is erased.