Day 7 - Swimming Animals And A Night In A Pit

It was now time to enter a new - to this world - type of landscape. The coast wound its way around the edge of a desert area.

I followed a stream up a valley to its source, then turned around and came back down along the opposite bank, planting my stone blocks with torches on as I went. It looked like I wouldn't be short of wood tonight, as the desert appeared to be turning fairly quickly into a heavily forested area.

Heading towards this abundance of trees, I spotted three sheep having a swim.

This made it a little tricky to obtain their wool, as in this universe wool quickly sinks to the depths. I managed to get enough for tonight's bed, however, and set about chopping down (up?) a few trees too. The wood collecting was a bit too addictive, so I didn't make too much progress along this part of the shoreline. I did spot some cows swimming (what is it with the animals around here?) and this lovely pool of lava.

Just around the corner from here, I found my home for the night - an intriguing deep pit just asking to be explored.

I carved some steps out of the rock face and made my way down to the bottom, arriving just as night fell and the place began to fill with the sounds of spiders... (hmmm, was this such a good idea?)

I dug my usual small camp for the night, furnishing it with the typical workbench, furnace, chest and bed, dumped some items that I probably wouldn't find much use for in the immediate future and went to sleep.