Down a very muddy hole, Folkestone - (Visited June 2012) - 2013

[The Urban Adventurer]

I did this last year and have wanted to go back and do the others; this is one of twenty or so drainage tunnels that take water away from the main Dover to Folkestone railway line.

Back to June 2012…after the epic let down of not hitting up the asylum today we decided to spend our hard earnt Saturday morning off underground…

Now for those of you that do not live in this drought zone they call Kent let me assure you that it isn’t! The amount of water flowing freely out to sea from these drains is staggering! The water companies should be ashamed of themselves!

But anyway..I digress..turned out that a mixture of water, clay and chalk makes one of the strongest stickiest substances on earth! ..I kid you not..nearly lost me wellies every other step..it’s evil stuff !

So, whilst attempting not to sink so far into this primeval ooze that we’d be back in the land of dinosaurs, slip on the metal sectioning or even worse lose my camera we did manage to get a few shots..

It was wet down there…very wet..trying to light the shot keep water off the camera and lens was hard..hope you enjoy the results..

Oh really!...

The start of the ooze!

running water..sticky mud..looks easy..it was hell!

Where we bothered by the ruptured tunnel skin..no of course not !

It was a very long tunnel...

The water pouring out of those pipes was fast and furious !

The concrete section has the railway line running right above it...when a train goes over your head it's the most eerie feeling !

What was that creaking sound...

And some more mud!

Will be heading back to explore the others now that the sun has started to shine ! If anyone wants to tag along give me a shout..

 

[Shush]

mud gloryarse mud.

cracking pics Mr

 

[The Urban Adventurer]

mud gloryarse mud.cracking pics Mr

Cheers..thanks for the feedback

 

[Stussy]

Looks like a very cool tunnel, sweet write up, great pics and thanks for the share!

 

[shaddam]

i think you managed to get fab pics here , great viewing, i can only imagine the stench !

 

[Nelly]

Thats great mate, excellent lighting

 

[Lara]

Nice shots there, lovely stuffs :jump

 

[seaside_rambler]

Nice report, well lit pics

 

[Scattergun]

The lighting in here is brilliant and those tunnels seem to go on forever! Very very cool

 

[The Urban Adventurer]

Thanks for the comments..in actual fact there was no smell at all...it's fresh running water that has drained down through the cliffs..

 

[Temple]

Nice stuff, wasn't even aware of these!

 

[The Urban Adventurer]

Nice stuff, wasn't even aware of these!

there are a few along that stretch..including the old channel tunnel bore..

 

[skeleton key]

Do really like this and the use of lighting is spot on

thanks for yet another great share

beer:

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[The Urban Adventurer]

Do really like this and the use of lighting is spot on

thanks for yet another great share

beer:

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No problem..plenty more in the archives !