Robert the Allotment Cat and Friends

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She said the allotment users would be happy with access at limited times of day. Other allotment users have said they are unsure about using a shuttle bus service due to Covid fears. Because it’s great exercise, and because of the operation on my leg I couldn’t do a lot of the stuff I used to do. So it kind of depends on what kind of time you have – if you’ve only got a little bit of time, you can have a small plot and plant a few things, but everyone can do it.

The Tweet has sparked a huge response. Captain Mánkas said: “This is so so sad.Dear Robert,we will miss you terribly. Run free buddy, our Angel pals will welcome you at The Rainbow Allotments.” Al did the editing and all the technical stuff – but Robert put his heart into it too. He has so many skills and attributes but blow me down – he now wants me to teach him to read!” Hopefully, it should add some context for any of Roberts new followers who might want to find out a bit more about his friends. So it was a way of having a little space outdoors for me, and also I wanted to start growing more of my own food.The allotments have been invaluable over the past couple of months. I haven’t been working, I’m a supply teacher and the school is closed, and if I didn’t have the allotments to come to I’d have gone stir crazy I think. Plot holder Kate Millington at the allotments - image courtesy of Kate Millington

I was just driving past one day and there was a huge poster on the fence saying ‘Save Our Allotments’, and I thought "there’s allotments there?" It’s just really really fulfilling. There’s nothing better for your mental health than feeling tired after a day in the fresh air. I’ve always liked having gardens, and then I moved into a flat and I didn’t have any outdoor space at all,” she says.

So what would the allotment users say to someone thinking of indulging their green fingers by taking on a plot of their own? Following the sad news on Friday, thousands of people have expressed their sadness at the death of Robert. And they’ve got all these cats that I love as well. Robert the allotment cat comes to my plot every day and rolls in my soil, which is another bonus. Robert the allotment cat - image courtesy of Betty Farruggia It’s encouraging to see that people want to get out into the fresh air and grow their own fruit and vegetables. Betty Farrugia, long-long-time Secretary of Walsall Road allotments, has purrsuaded Robert, the internationally acclaimed allotment cat, to write his meow-memoirs of his life and times in merry Perry Barr.