An advert featured in the Observer's Friday the 13th edition proved lucky for a couple whose cat recently went missing from their home in Saundersfoot.

Two-year-old Queenie was last seen by owners Peter and Margaret Russell-Gould, at their home in Gorse Hill, on Friday, September 6.

"Queenie only stays out until 5 pm in the summer and 3 pm in the winter, so when she didn't appear that evening, it was so out of character, we were obviously concerned," said Margaret.

"It was also one of the wettest and coldest nights in a while, so we printed off some flyers and leaflets and went searching for her, with the help of our neighbours,"

The couple put an advert in our 'paper last Friday offering a £100 reward for their pet's safe return and no sooner had that edition of the Observer reached the newsstands that day, Queenie, who had never stayed out at night before, was back enjoying home comforts, purring in the warm and tucking into a couple of packets of Whiskas.

"We'd been out that morning and said that wouldn't it be marvellous if she turned up that day, then at around 5 pm, Peter's mobile rang and a family from Broadfield Hill said that they think they had our cat," continued Margaret.

You could say that it was Queenie's 'Destiny' to return home seven days after going missing, as that's the name of the couple's home.

"She'd appeared at their kitchen window and they'd seen the advert in the Observer that day, so we collected a battered, bedraggled, filthy and disorientated Queenie, and allocated the front porch as the hospital til we could get her to the vet in the morning," explained Margaret,

"With the marks and minor injuries on her, the vet said that she had obviously been hit by a car, and that cats some times take themselves off when something like that happens," said Peter of their pet, who was a rescue cat.

"Her return is entirely due to the excellent advert in the Tenby Observer, which was our last hope, and we are really grateful to the lovely family of Jason, Lynne, Joshua and Lizzy, who went to enormous trouble to capture her and take her into their home and to notify us," explained Margaret who added that her and Peter then had a drink or two to celebrate Queenie's homecoming.

"We'd also like to thank all our wonderful neighbours who helped us search for Queenie that week," the couple added.