In April 2014 Oscar, the Arbuthnott’s beloved family cat, went missing on a Caledonian Macbrayne ferry.

The curious cat managed to open the car window by stepping on the control before the lock took full effect. The family returned to the car in Oban to find paw prints on the bonnet, signs he had tried to get back into the car, but no cat.

Despite weeks of subsequent searching, Oscar was never found.

His ongoing adventures are forever immortalised in the pages of these tales.