Easter we are in
Cheddar and we not going to find many big hills. So the main thing to do is do
the Gorge. We found the walk at the National Trust shop and we could add a bit
more on half way round.
We headed up onto NT land where the path took us a steep path though a wood. Passing Gough’s cave where Britain’s oldest complete skeleton was found, estimated to be 9,000 years old.
Once out of the wood we could look down on Cheddar Gorge. Cheddar Gorge is a great, deep fissure cutting though the Mendip hills. This was formed about one million years ago during the last ice age. Water from melting glaciers formed a river, which over time started to carve into the limestone rock creating the steep cliffs. The Cheddar Yeo river gradually made its way underground to create the famous cheddar caves which you pay a lot to go in.. Across the other side we could see the viewing tower that you had to pay to go up.
We carried on along the ridge where we went down to black rock gate and carried on east to do a short loop though old lead mines. This small loop was not the best landscape, but we had lunch at the church before returning back to Black rock gate where we climb back up the opposite side of Cheddar Gorge. Here we met more people coming down and this was the paid side of the Gorge. From this side we could look down the steep sides and a few people were going towards the edge. Little further on we came to the viewing platform and the steps back down Jacobs steps. We went down these and hoping we could get out without paying. Luck was on our side and there was no problem getting out and back onto the road.
We headed up onto NT land where the path took us a steep path though a wood. Passing Gough’s cave where Britain’s oldest complete skeleton was found, estimated to be 9,000 years old.
Once out of the wood we could look down on Cheddar Gorge. Cheddar Gorge is a great, deep fissure cutting though the Mendip hills. This was formed about one million years ago during the last ice age. Water from melting glaciers formed a river, which over time started to carve into the limestone rock creating the steep cliffs. The Cheddar Yeo river gradually made its way underground to create the famous cheddar caves which you pay a lot to go in.. Across the other side we could see the viewing tower that you had to pay to go up.
We carried on along the ridge where we went down to black rock gate and carried on east to do a short loop though old lead mines. This small loop was not the best landscape, but we had lunch at the church before returning back to Black rock gate where we climb back up the opposite side of Cheddar Gorge. Here we met more people coming down and this was the paid side of the Gorge. From this side we could look down the steep sides and a few people were going towards the edge. Little further on we came to the viewing platform and the steps back down Jacobs steps. We went down these and hoping we could get out without paying. Luck was on our side and there was no problem getting out and back onto the road.
We then walked up the road though the gorge
to get another angle on the gorge. Where could hear the peregrine falcon in the
high cliffs
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