Chez Ollie - The Not My Cats of many colours edition - All welcome

[TheLongRider]

New thread time.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_litter_tray/4244039-Chez-Ollie-All-welcome-especially-Not-My-Cats-General-Cat-chat-thread

I'll just eat the contents of the fridge! It's like having a hangover with no consumption of alcohol.

My own cat has been glued to me since I got home. I desperately need a shower and it's still over 20C here and he's a very fluffy cat. It's like having an extra warm blanket permanently on top of you. I still love him though...

I'm extraordinarily impressed by your ride.

How often do you do these insane feats of endurance?

I usually do at least a 200km ride once a month. The longest ride I've ever done was London-Edinburgh-London 1,400km over 5 days in August 2017.

It's a great way to see the country. Ireland is pretty rural with lots of quiet small roads. From Dublin I can head south in the Wicklow Mountains or West into the bog lands of the Midlands, North into the market gardening/arable farmlands, East would be into the sea!

I started doing long-distance (Audax) cycling eight years ago, it's a great way to avoid parenting. As a middle-aged woman I decided I wasn't finished with my body yet and I wanted too see what else it could do.

I am the Mumsnet cliche of the spouse with a "hobby" that takes them out of the house all day.

Anyway, back to cats... I could bore for Ireland about cycling.

Get you!!! I’m insanely proud of you. As are all the cats. Bet you triumphant today

@TheLongRider that is seriously impressive!

Very impressive @TheLongRider, I have to have a rest and shower after the couple miles to town and back on my sit up and beg bike

Bloody hell @TheLongRider that is seriously impressive! Last time I rode a bike I couldn't sit down for two hours 😱

Brought Leroy out earlier today. I thought we'd get out before it got too hot. I was wrong ☀️🔥🥵

I’m having a sit down after vacuuming up all of Puddy Bears fur. I’m classing my blister as an industrial injury & looking for laminate floor offers.

That’s more than 189 miles, TheLongRider!
I’m speechless. To say well done seems a bit of an understatement. Hope you can spend the rest of the weekend chilling with - you certainly have earned it.

I’m classing my blister as an industrial injury & looking for laminate floor offers.

Doesn't work. It makes the fur even more obvious as it gathers in huge clouds and rolls around like tumbleweed...

Sorry.

I have a robo hoover though. Downstairs is fur free thanks to Sebastian’s tireless efforts.

Every cat owner needs a robo hoover.

Every cat owner needs a robo hoover.

I have a kid though. Admittedly probably less thorough than a robo, and probably more expensive to run, but he's here so he may as well be of some use 🤷🏼‍♀️

😂

We have laminate floors, five cats and a robo hoover. It's the best thing we've ever had. We have a Miele cat & dog for carpets and upstairs.

@TheLongRider & @Fluffycloudland77

Does a robo hoover get all the fur that collects round the bottom of the radiators and in the corners?

Corners not so great. My roads are wall mounted but I can’t see why it wouldn’t work.

It gets most of it. It definitely sucks up the dust bunnies from under the sofa. Ours is a Rudy and if it died tomorrow we'd get another one.

Eufy

Mines a Eufy. They do discounts of £40 if a friend refers you, I bet someone on mn would have a code.

Sadly I'd need more than £40 off. I need a sob story and a GoFundMe page 😄

@YesItsMeIDontCare I can lend you Ollie with one TOOF sad face. He's currently glaring at the sun for having the audacity to be warm

If you are lending Ollie out, can I have him?

I hate my laminate floor with a passion. Desperate to go back to carpet downstairs! I'm forever sweeping, mopping and hoovering it.

It’s horses for courses isn’t it. I’ve even got hard flooring on the stairs. Puddy runs up & loses grip on her back legs on the landing before swerving into her lair.

@Toddlerteaplease he's mostly flopping about complaining about the heat so yes! Also he doesn't like any food at the minute except roast chicken and milkshake

I can lend you Ollie with one TOOF sad face

D'you think Ollie could do a sad enough face to get me a new FitBit too?

Leroy's expression could probably get people to hand over cash, but in fear not pity!

I've instructed him to get practicing