It was well worth the drive. The Beamish site was huge. We had arrived by 11:00 and when the site closed at 5:00 we still hadn't visited the fairground and had to whizz round other venues.
Talking of whizzing, there were various ways to get round the site including the fine tram and the vintage bus picture above. You could also travel on the steam elephant which was a wonderful reproduction of an early steam train with pistons travelling vertically rather than horizontally. Mind you, you could have walked the short distance of the track quicker than the steam elephant travelled ...
... that wasn't the point though, it was all about the experience.
During the course of the day we visited an 1820s hall and gardens, a 1900s town, a 1940s farm and a 1900s pit village and colliery.
We made friends with back yard pigs ...
... we went down a drift mine with very low roof - we were the only members of the party who didn't need hard hats as we were not tall enough to have to walk bent double trying not to bang our heads. We had great admiration for a game old lady who must have been well into her 80s who made it along the wet, dark seam.
... we also tested out an Anderson shelter
... there was plenty of room for us on the bench but it probably wasn't much fun for a gathering of adults and we felt it lacked a few mod cons!
Thank you Beamish for a great day out.
Lots of love
The B.U. caravaners xxx
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That looks a good day chaps! A bit of living history is always good and a chance to rest your paws for once! Bet Blue Bear would have liked to drive some of the conveyances.
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