{"id":40863,"date":"2024-11-15T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=40863"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:22:55","slug":"percys-snuggles-may-brighten-your-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2024\/11\/15\/percys-snuggles-may-brighten-your-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Percy&#8217;s snuggles may brighten your day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you a local resident or fancy a trip to Kingswood? If so, you may come across Percy, the local cat. Percy is seen daily at Cecil Road bus stop, with many locals posting to neighbourhood apps, such as \u2018Next-door\u2019 and Facebook groups, one being \u2018Kingswood people\u2019 of the friendly welcome they\u2019ve received from Percy when greeted by him at Cecil Road bus stop.<br><br>Owner of Percy, whose name is Cat and a local Kingswood resident, who with her husband and children live a stone through away from Cecil Road, leaving Percy to wander around the local neighbourhood, and marking his territory, mostly spotted at the bus stop!<br><br>\u201cHe is not lost, he just loves attention and snuggles, his favourite is a head scratch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Percy, the Cecil Road bus stop cat in Kingswood, Bristol.\" class=\"wp-image-40999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture1-copy.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture1-copy-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture1-copy-640x366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture1-copy-681x389.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Percy, the Cecil Road bus stop cat in Kingswood, Bristol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Lovely Percy has even been said to rest inside the local Hair and Beauty Salon, especially in the summer, to cool off and to get some much needed rest from all the loving attention he receives.<br><br>Many of the local bus drivers have also come to know Percy. With one saying he\u2019s even more friendly than many of the passengers he gets.<br><br>It&#8217;s safe to say Percy is living his best life and loves a good bit of fuss and attention. Greeting locals and welcoming all to his territory.<br><br>So, if you come across a white and ginger speckled cat at Cecil Road bus stop in Kingswood, ensure to give Percy all the love and head scratches he demands!<br><br>However, \u201cBe wary of his belly!\u201d as when he\u2019s in a playful mood, he may nip your hand!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Percy the Cat, monitoring the Cecil Road bus stop in Kingswood, Bristol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":40873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40863"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41033,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40863\/revisions\/41033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}