You may remember Charlie, my little white cat from last year's Charlie's diary that ran in Your Cat each month, following his growth from 8 weeks to a year. When Charlie was knocked over by a car, we also featured his recovery on our website, with a 24 hour webcam monitoring his progress. Charlie proved a fighter, and came through the ordeal as good as new!

Unfortunately in May Charlie suffered again, but this time he was killed outright by a train. As we get used to having no purring next to our ear at night, or precariously balancing on the bath rim whenever you took a bath, the neighbourhood too seems a little sadder. Stories are now emerging about how he use to visit half a dozen or so houses and say hello to their dogs or just want a fuss. We see commuters looking for him as usually he was outside 'meeting and greeting' each morning... perhaps he was too inquisitive and friendly but certainly made cat ownership a privilege. We had only just had a baby too and Charlie proved all the 'cats hates babies' stories wrong and was as good as gold. It's such a shame and we'll miss him dearly – may he be chasing bunnies forever.

Charlie had an unusual best friend - Archie!

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