#neath

Bet on your own spider

Present yourself as something out of their nightmares

Dress up as a victim and wait to be stabbed

Pilfer a few rats

Debate the nature of Primordial Shrieks

Defend plaid

Negotiate with the urchin gangs

Acquire human remains from the criminals

Add four more joints to your skeleton

Copy what your reflection is doing

Offer to dissect something tentacular

Pretend to be a lunatic

Shake 'hands'

Learn of the Overgoat

Beg a Rubbery Pie off of her

Converse with a Doubled Skull

Chat to a Six-Throated Gossip

Throw the villain out of the window

Encourage a debate on souls

Feed a coalman to your plant

Spar with the Eagle

Inquire whether she has any spare bones she wants to get rid of

Attempt to travel (rotationally)

Go into a family tomb

Ask her to sing Pop Goes The Weasel

Amuse the lesser hyenas

Imagine a Device for Duplicating Bones

Break a goat-demon free

Commune with the bees

I can’t say it ‘broke my heart’ or anything somber when I heard that the experience wasn’t backed by funding from the council or Welsh Government (such as Big Pit), but it did frustrate me somewhat, knowing how intimate this tour was - even given by those who’re ex-coal miners. A large part of the experience was sharing the understanding of community that coal miners and local townsfolk had with one another, with so much more detail than I could describe (You’d have to see it for yourself). So, as much frustration that I have with the idea of no financial support from the Museum of Wales or what have you, I have so much more respect for how humble it truly is, and thats not to say it’s fuelled by pity. It is GENUINELY so impressive, so immersive and so educational.