Wales and the Big Pit

We made it to Wales!  After a long flight and a four hour layover in Paris we made it to Bristol England.  We got into our hired car and started the journey to Caerleon Wales.  It was raining and cold, but beautiful!
Here's the Charles de Gaulle airport terminal.

Friday we headed to the Big Pit and went down into a coal mine.  We had to put on mining equipment (hard hat, belt with battery, light, and air purifier) and squeezed into a tiny elevator to go down the mine shaft (80 meters).  The tour guide was a retired miner who had actually worked in that mine.  At one point he had us turn off the lights and it was so dark we couldn't see anything at all.  It was a great tour!

After the mine tour we saw a few more outbuildings and ate lunch in the canteen.
Marc ate a vegie burger and Gayle had lamb cawl -a brothy soup with a bit of lamb and lots of veg.

We then continued on our journey to see the countryside.