Hi, thank you for such a nice welcome. Yes he was brought in as a stray. He was held for 10 days (I was on my down time so not at work in this time) and I went in with two days to spare. There was no way he was going to be pts, he's perfectly healthy!
I work in Yorkshire but live in Lincs. I've not contacted any local rescues here as I don't want to burden their resources. I'm advertising him in as many places I can think of though as I want him to go from me to his permanent home.
He's such a lovely cat, I'd prefer him not to be penned up again...he just wants a fuss