Straight out the gate, down the road, turn left into another homes drive, over their gate into the back garden and started having a swearing contest with the resident cat (the owner came and told dh not to worry about where the cat he was in his back garden having said swearing contest).
Dh went looking for him and found him in some undergrowth, with the cat looking at him like "how the hell did you find me? Sod off I'm doing cat stuff".
Then he stayed out for nearly 3 hours and only came home because he was hungry.
He has yet to meet next doors alpha ginger cat face to face. We both have cats who quite happily go into other cats houses like they own the place. Both of them sport torn ears.