Day 21 - Cheddar Gorge - on Friday, May 24th, 2013

It was time to leave Cornwall and return home via Manchester Airport.  So we headed north on the A30 and hopped on the M5 at Exeter, intending to spend the night near Worcester.  Along the way, we drove through Cheddar Gorge, in Somerset, England.  The limestone gorge is home to many caves.  One of which contained the remains of the Cheddar Man, England's oldest human skeletons thought to be over 9,000 years old.

Those limestone caves are also great for aging cheese because of the ideal humidity and constant temperature in the caves.  Cheddar Cheese originated in Cheddar Gorge and is still produced there.  The first purchase of Cheddar Cheese was recorded by King Henry II in 1170.

We stopped for lunch in the town of Cheddar then took the Cliff Road (aka B3135) through the Gorge.  Along the way, we encountered some feral Soay Sheep.

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Cliff Road (B3135)

Limestone Cliffs

Feral Soay Sheep

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