The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at Stump Cross Caverns in Yorkshire. About a quarter of the known four miles of the caverns are open to the public. Fossilised bones of bison, wolverine and reindeer have been found in the caves that were formed 500,000 years ago, when the ocean covered the land. I used to love visiting these caves as a child with my grandfather and mother, both of whom would spin stories around the strange formations of the stalactites and stalagmites. There is a story that one of the explorers found and underground lake in the caverns, but sealed the entrance when the owners refused him a share of the profits. There are still caverns yet to be explored… who knows what may yet be found.

Thank you to everyone who took part this week. There are so many wonderful contributions! Please click on the links below to visit all the posts and leave a comment for the author! A new prompt will be published later today and I will reblog as many as I can through the week… but given the volume of entries we are getting now, that will not be all of them. All contributions will be featured in the round-up on Thursday.

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Deep

In the womb of time

Stories weave a deep magic

Mysteries are born

Fond memories of childhood

Glow forever in the heart

Many thanks to this weeks contributors:

Pamela Schloesser Canepa

The Urban Spaceman

Isabel Caves

Sisyphus at Of Glass and Paper

Jane Dougherty Writes

Ken at rivrvologr

and a second version from Ken

Lady Lee Manila

Martin Cororan

Trent P. McDonald

Joelle LeGendre at Two on a Rant

pensitivity101

The Bag Lady

Kim at Writing in North Norfolk

Neel Anil Panicker

Ellen Best

Ritu Bhathal at But I Smile Anyway

Lorraine at My Frilly Freudian Slip

Geoff Le Pard at Tangental

Luccia Gray from Rereading Jane Eyre

Carl Bystrom

Balroop Singh at Emotional Shadows

Hayley at The Story Files

Reinventions by Reena

Pamela Morse at mermaidcamp

Stuart France

Willow at willowdot21

Robbie Cheadle

Hugh at Hugh’s Views and News

Raymond Roy