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| Cat clings to roof of van as its owner drives 45 miles to work | Cat clings to roof of van as its owner drives 45 miles to work |
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| A cat has survived a 45-mile (72km) road trip on the roof of a van. | |
| Matt Haine was commuting from his home in Warminster, Wiltshire to Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset when he heard a cat on the roof of his white Transit. | Matt Haine was commuting from his home in Warminster, Wiltshire to Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset when he heard a cat on the roof of his white Transit. |
| He said: "I pulled up and it just slid down the windscreen - so slowly - I saw the tail then the back legs and all of a sudden these big eyes looking at me." | He said: "I pulled up and it just slid down the windscreen - so slowly - I saw the tail then the back legs and all of a sudden these big eyes looking at me." |
| It was only after he called his wife at home that he realised the windswept feline was the family's own cat Flo. | It was only after he called his wife at home that he realised the windswept feline was the family's own cat Flo. |
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| Mr Haine, said he had just arrived at the seaside resort - after a 70 minute drive - when he saw the "silhouette of a cat walking along the top of the roof". | Mr Haine, said he had just arrived at the seaside resort - after a 70 minute drive - when he saw the "silhouette of a cat walking along the top of the roof". |
| "All of a sudden it just slid down the roof and I'm look at it and I'm thinking is that Flo?" he said. | |
| "There is a roof rack on the van and the only thing I can think of is that she wedged herself between the roof rack and the pipe tube - where I keep my copper pipes. | "There is a roof rack on the van and the only thing I can think of is that she wedged herself between the roof rack and the pipe tube - where I keep my copper pipes. |
| "She's quite a small cat but she seemed to cling on to the roof rack quite well - I don't know how many claws she's got left now." | "She's quite a small cat but she seemed to cling on to the roof rack quite well - I don't know how many claws she's got left now." |
| For the return journey, Mr Haine strapped the young animal in the passenger seat and now says he checks his van over every morning before he leaves. | For the return journey, Mr Haine strapped the young animal in the passenger seat and now says he checks his van over every morning before he leaves. |
| "She's not been on there lately mind - she's learnt her lesson," he said. | "She's not been on there lately mind - she's learnt her lesson," he said. |
| "I don't think she wants to come back again in a hurry." | "I don't think she wants to come back again in a hurry." |