I am in Yorkshire this week for a particle physics meeting in Sheffield. Before this, I decided to take a detour to Wakefield, and visited the National Coal Mining Museum, built on the site of Caphouse Colliery, where coal was extracted from 1780 until 1985. This was partly a research trip to learn more about mining for my planned Underground Science book. And partly just an excuse to visit somewhere new and have a fun solo travel adventure.

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