Oliver Bowerman is set to take over his family's cave business in the Yorkshire Dales. When Oliver Bowerman was just five years old, his parents told him they were moving the family to a cave. They weren't quite living out a Neanderthal re-enactment fantasy - they had actually bought a potential tourist honeypot in the Yorkshire Dales.
The Bowermans had responded to a newspaper advert for a new owner for Stump Cross Caverns, near Pateley Bridge, that was described as a 'once in a generation' opportunity. Oliver at first thought he would be starting a new life in the Stone Age, but 22 years later he is about to take on the management of the caverns himself. 'I saw the wolverine picture on the surface and I thought it was going to be in the cave and eat us.' He soon grew to love the cavern system, which dates back 350 million years, and by the age of seven he had explored it more than 100 times. 'It was surprisingly normal. You didn't think much of the cave because you became so used to it,' he said.Growing up, Oliver said his friends thought it was 'cool' and he even filmed a music video with his band in the caves. 'I think it was more when I went to university, you got people asking what your parents do,' he added.After graduating with a psychology degree, Oliver started to help run the business alongside his mother, Lisa Bowerman. She recalled being on holiday when she revealed to her three children they were buying a tourist attraction with a cottage attached.Lisa will be passing the family business on to Oliver, after running it for more than 20 years. More than 20 years later, Lisa said she is proud of the business they have built and is ready to pass the baton to Oliver. 'To be in a position to hand it over to somebody with such an amazing business brain and such a vision for the future, it's quite exciting,' she said.Lisa will still be involved with the creative and education side of the business but Oliver will lead on the business decision
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