Some people avoid the cat and mouse game altogether, choosing to pay zero by walking the picturesque 1.5-mile span.

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Mrs Bush, who runs a dog walking business, said she had heard that a cat had been seen falling from the viaduct a week earlier but had dismissed the idea that it was Gus.

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Walking home from school, after breaking up for the summer holidays, she comes across a fat tabby cat called Arnold, who, much to her surprise, introduces himself.

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Howard Jackson sees a big cat in East Horsley Camping and Caravanning club site between the lake and the W. Boundary of the site, walking parallel to the feeder stream.

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