The train we saw in the Beacons
We saw this sheep open the lid to the salt box (used in the winter for the steep roads) and having a snack of salt!
This was draw bridge over the River Avon. It was a "push bridge" since done by hand and not an engine.
We went to a coal mine, down 300 feet! No pictures below since the only batteries allowed were for the lights on our hard hats. We wore a belt that weighed 12 lbs with a battery pack and emergency breathing device like miners use to wear.
Here was our guide for the mine tour. He worked in the mines when he was younger. In the 1800s children from the age of 5 use to work in the mines to open and shut doors. They worked in complete darkness, earned a penny a day for 12 hours work. The only school hey went to was Sunday School to learn how to read and write. They use to have lots of rats since they used horses to pull the coal carts and there was horse feed in the mines.
The train we saw in the Beacons
We saw this sheep open the lid to the salt box (used in the winter for the steep roads) and having a snack of salt!
This was draw bridge over the River Avon. It was a "push bridge" since done by hand and not an engine.
We went to a coal mine, down 300 feet! No pictures below since the only batteries allowed were for the lights on our hard hats. We wore a belt that weighed 12 lbs with a battery pack and emergency breathing device like miners use to wear.
Here was our guide for the mine tour. He worked in the mines when he was younger. In the 1800s children from the age of 5 use to work in the mines to open and shut doors. They worked in complete darkness, earned a penny a day for 12 hours work. The only school hey went to was Sunday School to learn how to read and write. They use to have lots of rats since they used horses to pull the coal carts and there was horse feed in the mines.
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