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    Default Re: 1880 Channel Tunnel Attempt - 29/3/09

    I believe the tunnel is 800 feet long, I didn't venture far at all, maybe 100 feet at the most.
    There was no air flow and the water gets worse as the tunnel goes on. The gas I remember smelt a bit like methane, and no it wasn't anybody with me causing this or myself.
    I had been prewarned about the air quality before entering and without a mask I wasn't planning on exploring the entire tunnel.

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    Default Re: 1880 Channel Tunnel Attempt - 29/3/09

    thats very interesting
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    Default Re: 1880 Channel Tunnel Attempt - 29/3/09

    Love it mate - really good work

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    Default Re: 1880 Channel Tunnel Attempt - 29/3/09

    Quote Originally Posted by Ryda View Post
    I believe the tunnel is 800 feet long, I didn't venture far at all, maybe 100 feet at the most.
    There was no air flow and the water gets worse as the tunnel goes on. The gas I remember smelt a bit like methane, and no it wasn't anybody with me causing this or myself.
    I had been prewarned about the air quality before entering and without a mask I wasn't planning on exploring the entire tunnel.
    Hmmmmmm sounds like rot down there any wood/ or other stuff you could see what could give that smell ?, did it get worse when you moved the water/mud ..... ?

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    Default Re: 1880 Channel Tunnel Attempt - 29/3/09

    The sleepers were down there of course and the smell got worse as we stepped through the different puddles of green water.

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    Default Re: 1880 Channel Tunnel Attempt - 29/3/09

    Seeing as quite a lot of you replied to this thread and the fact my pictures aren't great I managed to arrange a re-visit. This time myself and Oldie68 (not on here) went down as far as possible. Myself in wellies and Oldie in waders. I made it about 25ft away from the large roof fall where I had some serious welly leakage and had to take refuge on some slippery chalk. Paul waded on and turned from photographer to explorer leaving his camera behind. The rock fall went up about 25 yards from the original bore top and had acted as a dam for the water, so behind the rock fall the water was approx 1ft from the roof.


    The entrance adit.


    looking down the bore (again lol)


    An amazing bit of graffti by William Sharp, "This tunnel was begubnugn in 1880".








    Oldie goes photographer to explorer


    Oldie going towards the roof fall

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    Default Re: 1880 Channel Tunnel Attempt - 29/3/9 - Revisitited 14.11.10

    Seriously interesting stuff I had know idea they had a go at it before the one we have now, good pics too!


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