Waterfall Hike

For the past four days I have been climbing up mountains and crawling through caves with my service.

On Monday we climbed up the tallest 'mountain' in south wales... which was depressingly small. To be honest I have seen much better views and done much prettier hikes, but it was still really fun.

Tuesday was really fun. I went caving! It was amazing. We all wore really attractive caving suits, helmets and headlamps and went crawling into the earth. Some of the caves were so small that we had to crawl on our stomachs (for one of them the person behind you had to shove you through) and a lot of the time we were on our hands and knees (I have some beautiful bruises to show for it). We even had to crawl through freezing water for a little while. Although it was a little disconcerting to be so far underground in such small spaces it was totally worth it. The caves are beautiful and it is such an amazing feeling to be so in touch with the Earth. For a small while we even turned off our headlamps and experienced perfect pitch black which I found relaxing. Overall, it was an epic day.

Wednesday we hiked to some beautiful waterfalls. Luckily we had good weather and the hike was not too strenuous so it was very enjoyable. And we even swam in the water which was absolutely freezing!

Today I stayed on campus and played some silly games, did some archery and some kayaking.

Here are some photos of the hike to the waterfalls.

Katheryn (Wales)and Nuella (Nigeria) dancing in our van.

Micky and I in our shades

The trail begins

Down to the waterfall

We made it!

Micky behind the waterfall

Sarah (Isle of Man) and Iris (Albania)

Sarah and I

Micky meditating beside the waterfall

Swimming in the water. It was absolutely freezing (please click on the photo and zoom in on Iris' face. it is priceless)

It has been a good week so far :)