What is it with cats and mail delivery? Does the smell of stamps attract cats or something?
Here’s another cat with an odd relationship with a postman, from China Daily:
Postman Terry Grinter is joined by his feline side-kick at least twice a week, in a scene reminiscent of the classic children’s television show.
Postman Terry Grinter and his companion Beezly, who prefers sunny weather on the mail run. [Agencies]In each episode of the BBC animated series, which first aired in 1981, Postman Pat is seen with his black-and-white cat Jess, as he delivers the mail through the valley of Greendale.
Mr Grinter’s companion, named Beezely, loves to ride in the basket perched in front of the handlebars of his bicycle as he makes his deliveries around Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Beezley started hitching a lift with Mr Grinter after the cat-loving postman befriended him. Now he hops into the basket of his own accord when Mr Grinter calls at his owner’s house.
Mr Grinter said: “People have said, ‘Don’t tell me he’s called Jess,’ because of Postman Pat’s cat, and I have to explain that he’s not even mine.”
“He likes sunny days – he’s definitely not a wet-weather cat.
“But he likes company and he knows that he will be made a fuss of.”
Awww…. but cats on bikes are not quite such a novelty as that here in Holland.
