From the harbour side in Bristol I travelled South-West to Cheddar and the famous Gorge and Caves. So what of the giants? When you travel the road, its easy to feel dwarfed by the sheer size of the gorge, you can see from the pictures how tall (or deep) the gorge is.
You can see the giants are impressive enough, but when you realise the caves go just as deep, it makes you think doesn’t it?.
History of Gough’s Cave
The initial sections of the cave, previously known as Sand Hole, were accessible prior to the 19th century.Between 1892 and 1898 Richard Cox Gough, who lived in Lion House in Cheddar, found, excavated and opened to the public further areas of the cave, up to Diamond Chamber, which is the end of the show cave today. Electric lighting was installed in the show caves in 1899.
Reference: Wikipedia
Cheddar Man is the name given to the remains of a human male found in Gough’s Cave in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, England. The remains date to approximately 7150 BC, and it appears that he died a violent death. It is Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton.
Cheddar cheese maturing in the caves at Cheddar Gorge
Deep within the caves, stalagmites and stalactites grows – hundreds of years old.
Moss grows deep underground where lights are used…
A scene showing explorers, excavating the caves.
There are many still water pools creating fantastic mirror effects…
Mineral deposits create amazing frozen waterfalls and rivers…
Richard Gough, who excavated the caves in the late 1800’s
View of the sunset from the apartment balcony…