My first cat Jasper went missing 10 years ago, we had moved to the place we are still at now, kept him in for 2 weeks, he went out one day and never came back
We used to live a mile away on Lymington Highstreet and he would meet me in the carpark behind the flat every evening without fail.
I went to the carpark every eve for ages calling him, incase he had made his way back there, nothing, asked all the neighbours to keep an eye out for him and contacted the cat & kitten rescue, still nothing.
He was neutered but not micrchipped, wasnt such a big thing back then, so wish he would turn up, but he would be 12 by now so highly unlikely.
Just hope he found a new loving home or is playing happily on the bridge waiting for me.
This is him, with me and my eldest son who is now 11