JEKYLL and HEIDI are sisters, about 13 years old.    They were the first cats to come to Bear Cottage after Beverley moved in.

Before that C.L.A.W.S. used to rent pens from a local cattery to house its cats and that’s where we met Jekyll and Heidi.    They had been brought in by another local cat rescue when they were hardly more than kittens and had resisted all attempts to bring them round.

The manager asked Beverley if she would take them as their future looked bleak as there was little chance of re-homing them and, of course, she said "Yes”.

At first they stayed in the feral shed at the far end of the garden but gradually they came closer to the house.

A spell in the isolation unit so she could be medicated resulted in Heidi becoming more  friendly and now she lives in the house and can be stroked and mixes with the Bear Cottage gang.

Although she has become more confident Jekyll remains an outdoor girl but on cold winter nights she can be found fast asleep in the bed that Beverley has thoughtfully placed by the radiator in the utility room.