A little while ago, we took a short break south, down to the lakes, mostly due to the wife having a conference she had to attend. While we were there we went for a little walk near Penrith with the kids to go and see Long Meg and her Daughters.
The stone circles
The day was spent while the bairns were at the grandparents up the road, so it was just me and the wife, a rare experience. The stone circle was beautify, sitting up on top of the hill, although the fact that it was dissected by a road and also in the middle of a cow field did make it an experience. Dodging cows and cars while trying to take pictures does make tings more interesting! Ok, so the cars were crawling along, but still!
While we were out and about we also took a trip down to Lacy's Caves and walked along the railway line.
View along the river
View out one of the "door"
The caves were also fun and the history is mental! some bloke decides to dig some caves to entertain friends, oh and just to top it off, why not employ a hermit to live there? For the engineer in me, looking at the tool marks in the walls was fascinating. Now, the rock isn't the hardest to mine, being sandstone, but it must still have taken quite a while to dig it all out by hand. For the added bonus, the walk along the old railway/tram line is well worth it. There are numerous old structures that are good to explore, and plenty of railway paraphernalia dotted around, from old sleepers to sidings and what looked like a coaling station. For the railway enthusiast in me, it made the day even better.
If your ever in the area, I'd recommend taking a trip to both.
A little bit of graffiti at the caves, Banksy wanna be?
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