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13 years ago
This series on BBC HD covered quite a number of Welsh mines and quarries yesterday evening, it should be available on iPlayer.

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TRAVEL: Iolo's Jewels of Wales
On: BBC HD
Date: Monday 9th January 2012 (Already shown)
Time: 19:00 to 19:30 (30 minutes long)

Mineral Wealth. Episode 2.
Series in which Iolo Williams shines a spotlight on his favourite Welsh landscapes and wildlife. In this episode he focuses on Wales's mineral wealth, learning how it has been exploited and how these processes affected the land and the creatures residing there. He goes underground to explore an impressive disused quarry, witnesses how lapwings are thriving amongst one of the largest industrial sites in south Wales, and observes that the abandoned railway lines and canals of the industrial era are now wildlife habitats.
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Martin Briscoe
Fort William
rhychydwr
13 years ago
See it here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016qyx6/hd/Iolos_Jewels_of_Wales_Mineral_Wealth/ 

See George Hall talking about gold mines.


Cutting coal in my spare time.

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