There's been some stowaway cats hitting the headlines in the last couple of weeks.First, there was Lucy the fiesty feline from Great Massingham who took a whistle-stop tour of West Norfolk.
The short-haired tabby and white cat, who is nearly three, got into a space near the lorry's air brake and axle.
She was only found when staff at Supreme Carpets in Dersingham heard her cries thinking she had been run over.
It is thought the cat hopped on board the lorry in Mildenhall in Suffolk when it stopped for 45 minutes.
The lorry had travelled from Chelmsford in Essex, via Mildenhall, to Dersingham, stopping very briefly at King's Lynn.
Her owner Rob Petto said Lucy's travels began when she saw an opportunity for a ride in the back of a delivery van near her house early on Wednesday morning last week.
“A delivery driver stopped to unload his cargo and left the doors open. Lucy got into the van and then got out at the next stop on Norfolk Street in King's Lynn.
“She had been in the back and must have been quite scared, she jumped out and scarpered.”
Mr Petto and his father Alan, who also looks after Lucy, spent hours looking for their pet in King's Lynn but she had already hitched a ride to Dersingham, where she was found later on in the morning.
“She does like to get into cars but this is the first time she has taken a long journey, although her brother Homer once jumped on the bus to King's Lynn.”
It was originally thought the stowaway had boarded the carpet lorry in Mildenhall and clung on for more than 42 miles.
Then there was Manuel the kitten who survived a journey from Portugal to Northamptonshire in a lorry when he was only 10 days old and has now been released to an animal charity.
Manuel the kitten has been in quarantine for six months since he survived the three-day journey and is now looking for a new home. Aaaaahhhhhh!
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