Hidden Valley of Porth-Yr-Ogof
We went to Porth-Yr-Ogof yesterday to do a spot of caving. For those who don’t know, it is a very large cave system in Wales which contains the largest unsupported cavern in Europe and 2 miles of tunnels. The valley around the cave is like something out of Jurassic park. It contains a lot of strange looking trees covered in moss.
Here is one hawthorn I spotted which looks like it’s been around for quite some time. Most of the tree was dead wood but it was still struggling onward with a few leafy branches here and there.
It was a great trip and I can’t wait to go again. The trees growing in the valley were just what you’d expect to be covering the whole of Britain when it was rain forest before man came along.
I also found a seedling trying to grow in the cave itself. It was pitch black, growing in a place which regularly floods and had no hope whatsoever. Yet it was growing boldly on and had even developed two leaves. It just shows natures’ ability to fight against the odds.
