Another underground trip with the UCET ladies

I forgot to blog about this! And that means that this post comes a bit out of sequence. This took place on the Monday before the wild camping.

There was another evening trip on with the ladies, and it wasn't far from me! It was a venue I had visited several times before, including with the Yorkies, but I really enjoyed the company of the ladies, so I was keen to join, even though I knew I would probably not see anything new. The venue is not very extensive.

I just walked to the meeting place. And from there we walked to the entrance. Because the venue was not very extensive, I didn't think I needed to bring much. I just had a water bottle in my pocket. I decided to leave my bag, which I had used for bringing my helmet and warmer clothes, as I would need these underground but not on the walk there, by the entrance, as stomping around underground tends to be nicer without lugging luggage around. 

We went in. It is quite a walk to get to where the artefacts and features are. Occasionally we stopped for pictures. And several of the ladies had never been here before. It was lovely be able to introduce this place to them. And I wasn't leading this trip; a lady called Karen was, but it is nice if you know that there are good things there, and you can share that with friends.

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Pretty geology 

More tunnel

Artefacts!

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Ladder in flooded winze 

Group pic by Sharon

I had expected we would come out the way we had come in, hence that I had left my bag. But then the idea was floated to come out the other way. There are disadvantages associated that, but we decided to just accept them. It is nice to see different things on the way in and out. In this way we had a considerable surface walk back to the cars, but that is ok.

There was talk of going for a swift half. And we did! And that meant I peeled off; if I wanted to get out of my soaking and muddy footwear and become presentable for a pub visit, I needed to go home to change. The other ladies changed by their cars. And we did have a nice swift half in the village pub. Several of the ladies still had quite a drive home, so we did not stay long.

I don't know when or where the next trip with the ladies will be. I hope I will be able to make it. I am enjoying this crew!