Balsawood, Pitheads and Pit Ponies

Saturday morning at Moorewood Colliery. And down at the coal canal, Pete & Dud are chatting to Boatman Brian about his new unsinkable narrowboat which is made almost entirely from balsa wood by a company called Craftline. The same company also produced the pithead, that too is also made of balsa wood and is also unsinkable. 

Driver Stavros the Steam is pottering about the sidings pushing wagons from here to there, and from there to here. His engine came from a long closed railway on Cyprus by all accounts. Roxey Mouldings based their kit on it apparently, but theirs has handrails unlike this one. 

 

Barry Bullhead from The Ministry of Misery is trying to communicate with Hubert the conversational Latin speaking shunting horse. Because Hubert is near retirement age, he’s suggesting that he goes underground to be a pit pony, the low light levels will be kinder on Hubert’s cataracts. 

 

And finally, I doubt Barry’s plans will come to fruition, for Hubert is somewhat bigger than Barry, far too big to go down the mineshaft - and anyway the balsa wood pithead structure would struggle to take the weight, Hubert being made of lead. 

 

Hubert needs some sunglasses for his cataracts, can you help? www.buymeacoffee.com/Nevardmedi3 - cheers