Pictures

These are photos from Cheddar Gorge, which I visited back in November 2022. I'm honestly not sure if I enjoyed it. To get to the gorge, one has to walk through a massive tourist district, peddling chips and cheese (of course), ice cream and various knick-knacks. It felt depressing. Then you get to the Gorge, and there is a great eyesore of a road riding through the beauty. It feels like a place corrupted by man - and frankly, I was part of the problem, wasn't I? I bought chips on my way out as well. And they were quite good.

Generally, I would recommend going, but it's depressing as anything. Cheddar is a "town" that is (like many British towns) heavy on its car usage, and is full of tourists. Public transport is lacking - the bus I got from Draycott where I stayed came once an hour at best, and not at all on weekends, and only between ten-to-nine and four. And the people avoid eye-contact, and shudder the thought of smiling at people you pass by. It's just like the bigger cities. Depressing. Draycott was a nice place though. People were striking up conversations at the bus stop.

Anyways. The photos are a little out of focus, because I apparently forgot how to use a camera whilst here. Hope they are alright anyways.

The starting trail.
The trail at the start of the Gorge.
A rock.
A rock on the trail. I took a liking to it for some reason.
A tree.
A tree. On second glance, it does actually look quite cool.
A view over all the
						houses.
A view over the houses. Quite nice?
The reservoir.
The reservoir. Quite impressive.
Looking down from the
						  top of the Gorge.
Looking down from atop the Gorge.
Looking out from the
						  top of the Gorge.
And looking out the other way.
The field on the top.
The field atop the gorge.
A tree.
A tree in that field.
A mushroom.
A mushroom. I like seeing small bits of natural growth like this.
A view over trees and stuff.
A view out over trees on the Gorge. It's surprisingly ugly, but pretty at the same time.
The Gorge from the other
						side.
A view from the other side.
Billie Goats!
Billy goats! Very cute.
More Billie Goats!
What, there's more of them!?