Ernie’s adventures started before 0900 this morning. We noticed that our tomcat had climbed to the top of one of the poles that hold up the washing line. We are not really sure why he did this. The only explanation that comes to mind is that every year some pigeons build a nest in the crook of a nearby houses satellite dish. As the crow flies the washing line pole is quite near to the nest. It’s a wooden pole so he could get his claws in to help himself up. Getting down was not as easy though.

Gale fetched the step ladder, but of course you can guess what happened. He slithered down the post as she approached. Given Ernie’s adventures today, I now know why someone wrote a book called, “That darned cat”. Naturally, my first thought was to nip back for my camera, whilst Gale fetched the step ladder! Four images are shown below.