Original post by Leviathan1741When we’d completed our maps, Kate and John took us on another walk. They took us up to the mouth of a cave, called King’s Cave, where we put on our hard hats and ventured inside. I’d hoped it was going to be a proper cave with stalactites and stalagmites, but there weren’t any, nor were there any long tunnels to explore or small spaces to squeeze into. Instead, the cave only extended backwards away from the entrance for 20m or so, and the only things to look at were some cave paintings. That might have been interesting for archaeologists or historians, I thought, but not to geologists.
We spent about fifteen minutes looking at the cave paintings before heading back out. We trekked along the coastline for another half hour before we came to our next stop. As we made our way along the uneven, narrow dirt path, the shoreline got further away and soon we were surrounded by grass instead of pebbles and sand. Kate pointed out a particularly impressive sill running the length of the cliff, and eventually we stopped on a grassy area between the cliff and the beach. John split us into groups of about 10, and Kate took each group in turn off into the bushes close to the cliff.
When it was my group’s turn to go, Kate took us to see a dinosaur footprint which was visible in the rock face. We had to climb over a small waterfall to get to it, and when we got there, I was a little disappointed with how small it was. After looking at it for five minutes or so, we clambered back down the waterfall and re-joined the others. By then the sun had gone in again and the wind was picking up. Rachel and I chatted to Josh, who told us that he’d sat on an ants nest at lunch. “I sat on an ants nest earlier. I don’t think they’ve all gone though because I can still feel some tickles on my legs and tummy”, he laughed, attempting to scratch himself through his many layers of clothing.