Talyllyn to the rescue
THE world’s first preserved railway provided a‘ewesful’ service on March 18, when it rescued a stray lamb from the lineside.
Perhaps feeling sheepish for its adventure in trying to discover whether in fact the grass was greener on the railway side of the fence, the escaped lamb was picked up by members of the Talyllyn Railway’s track gang.
Far from being ‘lambasted’ for attempting to ‘fleece the railway,’ the young sheep was welcomed on board – it wasn’t charged for a ‘sheep day return’. After a train ride in the arms of Oscar Hutchinson, the lamb was later reunited with its mother.