A person and his deaf Norwegian Forest cat, who’ve over one million on-line followers for his or her well-known biking movies, paid a go to to Southwark to make folks smile.
Travis Nelson, who lives in north London however is initially from San Francisco, got here all the way down to Borough for a journey together with his distinctive cat, Sigrid.
“She’s a Norwegian Forest cat, she’s got blue eyes and she’s deaf,” he stated.
Right earlier than the pandemic, Travis stated he moved to London for a job – however throughout lockdown when everybody was solely capable of depart the home for train he began taking Sigrid, who was a kitten then, out on bike rides.
Three years later, the pair exit each different day and have made fairly a reputation for themselves on-line – amassing 1.5 million followers on social media.
We caught up with the dynamic duo in Borough and joined them on a journey to Bermondsey.
“We like riding around this area – it’s a lot of fun to go along the Thames path. I try to get south of the river when I can.”
As he and his feline good friend rode round Borough Market and alongside to the Shard and Guy’s Hospital, there was a flurry of smiles and turning heads, with a number of folks stopping for photographs.
One girl down Borough High Street appeared fairly starstruck as she stopped them and stated she recognised them from their TikTok movies.
“For the most part, I just try to make people happy,” Travis defined. “I do that as my job.
“We do charity promotion and advertising here and there.”
He stated just a few months in the past they visited the Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children, who he stated have been impressed after they came upon Sigrid was deaf too.
On their rides across the capital, Travis stated everybody stops to pet Sigrid, and even some celebrities are charmed by her. “We ran into Harry Styles the other day,” he stated.
They have additionally just lately ran into esteemed actress Helena Bonham-Carter, who requested him to cease so she might pet ‘Sigi’ and Jeremy Clarkson – though Travis stated he did give them ‘a death glare.’
“It’s easier to meet people with her. I think people stop us because it’s rare to see a cat on a bike looking so relaxed – and also she’s unusual looking. And she’s so soft and sweet.”
“She’s a gift – she opens doors,” he added.
Click right here to see our TikTok of once we met Travis and Sigrid.
