Down the mines

A Magical Day

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September 12th 2016
Geo: 51.8637, -3.1372We left Bath without any dramas, somewhat regretfully as it is a lovely city and headed back towards Wales. We mixed it up with speeding on the M4, a traffic jam and then a scenic country drive. After a couple of hours we got to Brecon Beacons national park and the Big Pit - a coal mine that was closed in 1980 and then re opened as a mining museum in 1983. It is staffed by e ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more