A dog amused passengers when it caught a bus on its own and then refused to get off.

Janet Chaston from Looe noticed her dog Skipper looking ill and put him outside, without his collar, where she thought he would be sick.

But the adventurous dog wandered off to a bus stop and jumped on a Western Greyhound bus bound for Plymouth. Skipper walked to the back of the bus and settled down in a seat next to the window.

Read more in this week's Cornish Times.