Some of the cats loved to sit on the garden wall. From there, they could look out over the fields, looking for other cats approaching, watching the farmers, or just soaking up the sunshine at the start or the end of the day. There were citrus trees to climb up to access the wall, and there were green plastic crates in the garden next to the wall from which they could jump. Some of the more nimble cats could make the jump from the ground in the garden to one of the plant ledges and from there to the wall, but not all could. Suffice to say that not many of the plant ledges actually had plants on them, thanks to the cats!

Here, Mini is on the highest part of the wall, on the right hand side. The cats wouldn’t jump down into the field out of choice, and sometimes when there were a few cats up there and someone wanted to pass the others, it was a nail-biting moment. Luckily there were piers where the wall was strengthened which they could move on to, and some of the trees came right up to the wall so there were branches to cling to, if you needed to vacate the wall quickly.

Dawn looking out over the fields to the left and at the back. There is was possible for a nimble cat to jump down into the field on the left as the ground level there was higher than in the garden. There was also another garden where cats were fed on the left, so there was quite a bit of cat activity in the fields in between.

Tumbleweed, keeping an eye on the aviary. There was probably another cat on the way; they would come to the front corner and then jump down onto the wall, and from there down into the garden by way of the green, plastic crates.

CoffeeCat checking the fields before jumping down. The cats were not friendly with anyone except ourselves (and many were not even friendly with us), so they would check the whereabouts of the farmers in the fields before jumping down.

Calypso deciding whether to let BBC pass while Mini sits and waits. The cats passed each other easily on the wall, unless one of them was being awkward or someone had a grudge (in which case there was not a lot of room to manoeuvre).