Unbeknownst to Charlotte and Matt Hunt, their cat Flash hopped into the rear of the car parked subsequent door to their home in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
The van then travelled north to Washington Services on the A1 in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.
Flash then travelled an additional 16 miles north-west and turned up on the doorstep of a home in Chopwell, Tyne and Wear.
His house owners, and their youngsters Louis, aged seven, and five-year-old Oliver had been distraught on the information of the disappearance of the 16-month-old black and white feline they rescued as a kitten.
Posts had been placed of their neighbourhood and on Facebook to enchantment for Flash’s whereabouts and a secure return.
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Charlotte and Matt contacted the furnishings supply firm, who had been dropping off an merchandise to their neighbour, on the off-chance that he’d been noticed.
They had been instructed there was no sighting of Flash when the motive force opened the rear doorways as they had been parked up at Washington Services.
Flash was delivered secure and sound again to the Hunt household after a well being test (Image: Prince Bishop Veterinary Hospital)
The household had almost given up hope of discovering him once they acquired a telephone name out-of-the-blue from Prince Bishop Veterinary Hospital in Leadgate, close to Consett, to say Flash had been handed in to the follow.
Flash was scanned for a microchip and workers discovered that his house owners had registered him as lacking, and Charlotte quickly went as much as gather him.
The microchip offers a pet their very own distinctive code which is held on a database.
He was coated in ticks and wouldn’t have survived longer-term because the parasites carry illness and may trigger anaemia.
She stated: “I instantly burst out crying after I acquired the decision from the vets and requested if he’d been introduced in alive.
“We couldn’t imagine he’d travelled up to now and it’s a pretty feeling to have him again home.
“I’m so relieved he was microchipped and all the main points had been updated.
“He was so pleased to be back and slept for days and ate a lot of food.”
Prince Bishop Vets scientific director Gillian Brown stated: “We’ve by no means had a cat handed in that has travelled so far as Flash.
“We’ve known microchipped cats that have been missing from home for years that have been living rough and we are able to reunite them with their owners after they were handed in.”
