Steam Engine Therapy
Spent last week volunteering on the Talyllyn Railway, my last volunteering stint of the year and some suitable therapy for the long winter months ahead. If you haven't tried volunteering, then I can thoroughly recommend it as there being no finer form of therapy. Fellow Talyllyn volunteer Nathan Spence captured us departing Rhydyronen on Monday morning on Tom Rolt. This was a visit without the family to concentrate on getting my turns in (there is a minimum we have to complete each season). There were a good bunch of people around and a good time was had. We operated everything safely, had fun doing so and also carried out some training to help move people progress towards the next grade. My turns this year have mostly been on the grey loco and the two green ones and this week carried on that trend. The weather was quite mixed, but we had two gloriously sunny days with the valley at its best. With the other days being mixed, with plenty of rain (and Storm Austen to contend with on ...
