Duchess’s Son Apollo
Pictured here in one of the Steam trains he loved so
much.
We were in Devon on a holiday with Duchess and Apollo
and we were staying in a caravan that backed onto the Dart
Valley railway line.
Apollo was fascinated by the Steam engines puffing up
the hill So we took him to the station during that holiday
and when the locomotive came lumbering into the station
for the first time he was a bit apprehensive an hid behind
me, but soon his nose started twitching and he looked
curiously at the Steam engine puffing slowly while at
rest.
The rest as they say is history He loved steam trains and we always ended up travelling on a steam train when we were near a preserved railway. Diesel and electric trains he showed no interest in whatsoever. But Steam and the tail was wagging as he waited to board the train.
As he got older he began to have serious prostrate
problems. and the vets bought him another 18 months with
an operation.
When his Mum died he became quite grumpy and didn't want to know about life.
Eventually Tanith arrived as a companion for him and
he slowly came back to life. They became inseparable
friends. but in the end we had to say goodbye to Apollo as
well, as his prostrate problems returned with a vengeance
and the vets could not do another operation.
Steve.