Cave story

The weekend before last one I went to the Peak Districts to walk, but due to rain we went down to Speedwell cavern instead. I realized that I probably don't have any better pictures than these two as it was very difficult to take ant good pictures inside the cave.

Speedwell cavern is a cave in Castleton and was originally a lead mine, but as they dug into the natural cave system the cave was flooded and they had to close the mine. Nowadays, it is possible to take a guided tour where we first had to walk down over 100 steps down, and then continue the tour on boat in the old mining tunnel. It was a little bit claustrophobic with the small tunnel that we half filled with water, and I think the water made it both more scary but also exciting.

Sitting in the boat going through the cave

Inside the cave, we could go off to a platform and watch from where all the water came from. We could also see "The Bottomless Pit" which the miners though was bottomless since the water level never rose no matter how much stone they threw there. They thought the devil was sitting on the bottom eating the stone, but now divers in the cave have found out that the water could go away though some holes on the side of the cave, almost like this thing in sinks to prevent the water from flooding over in bathroom sinks.

Tried  to take a photo of stalagmites

It was definitely a good decision to go inside the cave instead of walking in the rain. I recommend Speedwell cavern as it is unique with the water and the combination of mine and cave.