Trapped! in Buxton

We had a lovely early evening walk around Buxton to see the opera house and other highlights of the town including a choir performing a few pieces from a bandstand.

 Turns out that this weekend was the final few days of the Buxton Festival and with the weather this good, many people were out and about. In fact, we ended up having a really difficult time finding a place to eat! With time ticking before the 8:30 performance we had booked onto, things were looking pretty grim until we remembered about the fish & chips spot near where we had parked the car. Stumbling into that place and realizing that they had a sit-down area as well was a beautiful happy moment! It was such a happy moment that we took a photo. I especially like the decorations in this place.

We got to Poole's Cavern near the town center in plenty of time to explore and mingle before the show started. We really didn't know what to expect other than what we read here, but it turned out to be "something else". I loved it, the kids were blown away, and Rhodri was a little less impressed. It was pretty realistic and dramatic, and we all had to wear coveralls and helmets with headlamps.

Here is the main performer with Rhiannon and Tryfs.

 At first it was not obvious that it was a performance because it felt so real with a lot of loud noises, darkness, shouting of instructions from our guides. As the performance went on, it got a little weird with some expressive dancing and hugging, and then ended in a strange way. But anyhow, it gave us something to talk about and it was unlike anything we'd ever seen before!