#Artful dodger cat for free#
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'The drivers buy cat food for him and he sits on people’s laps. 'I was shocked when she told me Dodger was always on there and liked to sit on the seats because they are warm from where people have been sitting. 'That afternoon I saw Dodger climb on board another bus and I rushed to tell the driver. When the driver realised he knew who Dodger was and where he lived and kept him on board. 'He had fallen asleep on board and nobody knew about it. I got into my car to go off and look for him and then at that moment the bus pulled up near our house and low and behold he got off. 'I hadn’t seen him all morning until my daughter Emily told me one of her friends had just seen him on the bus at Charmouth. 'Then last week I found out he had travelled to Charmouth and back, which is a 10 mile round trip. 'But then he started climbing on board the buses because they are almost like greenhouses when it is sunny. Popular passenger: Dodger likes to sleep on paying passengers laps and even gets fed cat food by the bus driver sometimes Waiting for his bus: Dodger waits at the station before slowly creeping in the bus to make his journey At first Dodger kept going to the bus station because people there fed him tit-bits and scraps of food. Mrs Jeanes, 44, said: 'We moved here 19 months ago and our house backs onto the bus station. Mrs Jeanes, 44, believes Dodger first took a liking to the buses as they are warm like greenhouses when the sun is on them.īut the adventurous pet has since ended up being taken for several rides. They even know what stop to let him off at.Īt the end of each journey the roving moggy returns to his home and owner Fee Jeanes. The 15-year-old cat even sits on bemused passengers’ laps as the bus makes up to 10-mile round trips from Bridport to Charmouth in Dorset.ĭodger is such a regular customer that some of the drivers take tins of cat food to work with them to give to him. The ginger moggy, who was named after the Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist, has taken to hopping on and off the public transport at the bus station near his home.

#Artful dodger cat for free#

Where's your ticket? Dodger the cat has been riding the bus for free by hopping on and off at his local station in DorsetĪ pet cat named Dodger is living up to his name, by taking free bus trips from his home town. Owner thinks he likes the bus because it's warm

Dodger is fed cat food by some of the drivers