And of course, it wasn't actually a working mine anymore, because, though Ray was a miner there, the mine had closed and had been reopened as a kind of tourist attraction, because, of course, it can't compete on the scale of operations which are happening in South America, Australia, wherever. But anyway, I got my suitcase of iron ore and dragged it back to London on the train, and then was faced with the problem: Okay, how do you make this rock into components for a toaster?
Y, por supuesto, ya no era una mina activa porque, aunque Ray era minero, la mina había cerrado y volvió a abrir como atracción turística porque, obviamente, no puede competir con la magnitud de las actividades que tienen lugar en América del Sur, Australia, etc. De todas formas, conseguí mi maleta de mineral de hierro y la arrastré hasta Londres en tren para luego enfrentarme al problema: bueno, ¿cómo transformo esta piedra en componentes de una tostadora?