My Castleton Essay:

I wrote this small Essay about my Castleton Trip in 2024

From Thursday 10th October to Saturday 12th October, I went to Castleton where I went caving, hillwalking and looking at a Blue John cave. I enjoyed going to Castleton and would recommend it to anyone who asked me where they should go on holiday.

Caving:

On Friday 11th October after my breakfast (bacon, scrambled egg, toast and beans), I went caving in one of the old Castleton mines. We got very wet, almost to my hips, and I tripped a couple of times in the water – though it wasn’t that bad – after this we had to crawl underneath a very low ceiling which got my hands all muddy!! We had to walk down 96 steps just to get to the tallest part of the mine. Once we had finished caving, my boots were filled with water, it was like I had a whole ocean in my wellies. When we had to climb up the 96 stairs to get back into the outside world, I was double my weight due to my boots being so full of water!

Blue John Cave:

On Saturday 12th October, after breakfast – we went to the Blue John Cave which was not as wet as the cave we went to the day before, as it had a paved path to walk on! In the cave we saw lots of Blue John (obviously), some fossils and stalactites and stalagmites.

Hillwalking:

On Saturday 12th October, after the Blue John Cave, we went hillwalking, we walked for almost seven hours. By the end of the walk, my legs felt like jelly, and I could barely walk to my dormitory in the hostel! I had to wear my walking boots, which I had borrowed from the school, and I was glad. As it was so muddy at some points of the hike that my trainers would have been ruined.