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Cheddar Gorge
Eight Natural Wonders of the British Isles
By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 20th, 2012
Note: there are far, far more than eight natural wonders in the British Isles; the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, the various coves and stacks dotted all around the coastline, almost all of Cornwall; they all deserve representation, as does everywhere else. Let’s just take these eight as a decent place to start, shall we?
The white cliffs of Dover
Note: there won’t ever be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, unless someone brings them in a cage, from America, and delivers them to the bottom of southern England’s iconic chalky coastline, and then releases them to be pecked apart by local hawks and falcons. Blackbirds, yes. Bluebirds, never.
Cheddar Gorge
Our very own grand canyon, but only in the sense that it is a canyon, and it is rather grand. Cheddar Gorge, carved out of the Mendip hillside by water erosion, scores over other gorges of similar gorgeousness by also being the birthplace of cheddar cheese. Something to do with handy storage in the damp caves, apparently.
Speaking of which…
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