It was a mud covered scramble for us on Monday, as a group of year 13 geographers and geologists went caving in Goatchurch Cavern. Our guide, Chris, quickly began teaching us about the formation of caves and leading us through the maze of passages and squeezes. Geological features, were frequently spotted by the team whilst exploring, brecciated crinoid stems and brachiopod valves were in high concentration in the Carboniferous bedrock, and a silvery microorganism called Archaea, coated the cave walls. The exploration continued with a shoulder width diameter,12m long tube called the 'Drainpipe', the record time for which is nine seconds (by a woman from Cambridge University!). Our team, however, was not as rapid, and struggled to get through in a minute. After an excellent experience, the team emerged once again at the surface, anticipating the next caving trip planned on the horizon. JE
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