Secret Tunnel on the Manchester and Milford Railway (Plus 3 others).

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @pwhitewick
    @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +23

    Just a quick note, as per our description, this is a private residence, so please do respect the owners privacy. We hope you enjoy the video.

    • @RichardFelstead1949
      @RichardFelstead1949 5 лет назад +1

      Enjoyed it. Thanks to all.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      @@RichardFelstead1949 flitch way soon!

    • @RichardFelstead1949
      @RichardFelstead1949 5 лет назад +1

      @@pwhitewick thanks.

    • @cody481
      @cody481 3 года назад

      Off topic question.
      If the word three is pronounced free how do you pronounce the word free ?

  • @doccops
    @doccops 2 года назад +1

    What an absolute delight. I love the masonry work that goes into these tunnels, there was some pride in the workmanship in those days.

  • @grenfellroad8394
    @grenfellroad8394 4 года назад +7

    Stunning tunnels, it’s amazing what industrial architecture is left in this country. Such a shame that trains don’t run on these lines anymore. Fantastic video.

  • @andrewschmitz9707
    @andrewschmitz9707 5 лет назад +3

    I never tire of seeing these amazing tunnels since I think of what the builders had to work with. Thank you for another excellent piece.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Andrew yup, it seems quite surreal to think of the conditions that they worked under.

  • @martinjames9250
    @martinjames9250 3 года назад +1

    Fascinating. Seriously.
    I stumbled upon your videos quite randomly and am now looking forward to more! Thanks.

  • @Wulfbear99
    @Wulfbear99 5 лет назад +7

    Hi Paul,
    another great video for the subscribers who may be interested in geology as well as railway construction. When we visited the TynyGraig tunnel (with permission) some years ago the refuges shown in your video at 4.27 (with the brick arches) frame an anticlinal fold of sandstone layers that the tunnel builders exposed during construction.
    Thanks for another interesting production, Brian.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Wow, thank you. Can you elaborate a tad more? Was this a requirement to build the arches in the way they did, owing to that geology?

    • @Wulfbear99
      @Wulfbear99 5 лет назад +5

      @@pwhitewick Hi again Paul, if you do a search on the tunnel some references are made to it being a RIGS (Regionally Important Geodiversity Site) this protects it from further development and a short description by W. R. Fitches of the geology explains in more detail its features. Hard to imagine but these rocks were once part of the sea floor!
      A tunnel refuge would normally be a recess in the rock face for a person (Ganger) to retreat to if a train came through while they were walking the line, some were brick lined but not so often in the shorter tunnels, your other videos show the different types of refuge over the country. The Tynygraig tunnel features have been framed with bricks by the tunnel builders/designers to show the rock fold.

  • @garryhammond7616
    @garryhammond7616 5 лет назад +3

    Paul and Rebecca, you have produced a very slick video this time. Superb intro great editing and music. Very interesting content, very enjoyable, Thank you. Regards Garry

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks Garry, very much appreciated.

  • @stewartellinson8846
    @stewartellinson8846 4 года назад

    In the 1980s i was a student at lampeter and involved with the Gwili railway. As a consequence, i ended up walking the entire route from Carmarthen - aberystwyth plus the branches and tried tracing the route north from Strata Florida (the unbuilt bit). There were fewer gardens to climb through then, but still some.... All of the tunnels were accessible and I've managed to walk through them all. Nice to see how it's changed.

  • @musiccrazy9939
    @musiccrazy9939 5 лет назад +2

    The Tunnels are amazing.The beautyful Landscapes is a real green Natureparadise.Wow💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you. Glad you enjoyed.

  • @colinburton113
    @colinburton113 5 лет назад +3

    Colin Burton Thank you all so much for a fascinating video, your hard work is really appreciated, loved it.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks Colin. Really pleased you enjoyed the video.

    • @colinburton113
      @colinburton113 5 лет назад +1

      A tunnel at the bottom of your garden, to die for. Thanks again Paul and Rebecca.

  • @jonnawyatt
    @jonnawyatt 2 года назад

    That tunnel is a spectacular garden ornament.

  • @TheSmoothie1973
    @TheSmoothie1973 4 года назад +1

    Brilliant film.
    And Andrea is pretty cute. 😊

  • @RichardWells1
    @RichardWells1 5 лет назад +2

    What a surprise! Not everyone who can boast a tunnel mouth in their back garden! Thanks for another interesting tour - some great footage, and impressive stills inside the tunnels.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you Richard. A boast indeed!

  • @TheEulerID
    @TheEulerID 5 лет назад +1

    That's one hell of a garden feature.

  • @billyruss
    @billyruss 5 лет назад +4

    Fascinating video! I walked all of these back in the 1980s, and still think the scenery around Pencader is some of the most stunning on any disused railway I've walked.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Absolutely Bill. Sadly we didn't have a great deal of time otherwise we would have done a lot more. The heritage line now have about four miles more trackbed so we have gained permission to walk that before they extend north.

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 5 лет назад +1

    So polite, leaving a note and everything. I wish my yard had a tunnel.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Always be polite....😁. Yup and so do we.

  • @hayleywebb3979
    @hayleywebb3979 5 лет назад +6

    Great video, Thanks for sharing it with us. Most people just have a shed at the end of their garden, how amazing to have a tunnel!

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks Hayley, yes quite something indeed. An amazing centre piece without being in view.

    • @richdiscoveries
      @richdiscoveries 5 лет назад +1

      Could you imagine having something like this in your yard!! Absolutely beautiful

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      @@richdiscoveries dream house for sure!

  • @peterw2845
    @peterw2845 5 лет назад +4

    gosh , loved this video to pieces , well done again and thanks for time and efforts you put in , andrea too

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you Peter, glad you enjoyed it. 👍👍

  • @danielbarrows7144
    @danielbarrows7144 4 года назад

    Amazing video as always thanks for the gorgeous views

  • @ChicagoMadisonWesternRR
    @ChicagoMadisonWesternRR 4 года назад +3

    Imagine having a garden railway and using part of the tunnel for your layout.

  • @davekirwin
    @davekirwin 5 лет назад +4

    Well done for getting permission to explore these tunnels, most interesting - helps to have a local guide too! Excellent stuff P&R.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Cheers David. Yup we wouldn't have made it to Pencader or TynyGraig without Andreas help for sure.

  • @Chriswizzv12
    @Chriswizzv12 5 лет назад +1

    It’s amazing how nature takes over in so few years

  • @Gigidag77
    @Gigidag77 4 года назад +2

    I'm super jealous of the guy with a historic tunnel in his backyard

  • @richdiscoveries
    @richdiscoveries 5 лет назад +3

    Absolutely beautiful, thanks for taking us along. I am new to the channel and abandoned Railways are some of my favorite places to explore so I'll be sticking around for a while😁 thank you for sharing this with us, and be safe out there my friends

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Rich and thanks for the sub. Hope you enjoy the channel. 👍

  • @davidsquall351
    @davidsquall351 5 лет назад +2

    Those old masons did great work. thanks for the tour!

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks David. They certainly did a job and a half at Tyn Y Graig.

  • @wolfsmith2865
    @wolfsmith2865 5 лет назад +1

    Fantastic tunnels, and a lovely madness of green! There are shades of green we don't see here in SE Arizona!

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Wolf. Yes, this time of year its full bloom, plus we are having a fair amount of rain too unlike last year.

    • @wolfsmith2865
      @wolfsmith2865 5 лет назад +1

      @@pwhitewick rain is nice. Our monsoon season begins this month, massive thunderstorms galore, but often only in one part of town. We say that if you don't like the weather in Tucson, then go across the street. During a real gully-washer of a storm you can watch the Saguaro cactuses swell with the water they absorb.

  • @michaelpilling9659
    @michaelpilling9659 4 года назад

    Love the history. Superb video. 4 tunnels - how exciting. Shame the culvert was inaccessible.

  • @GhostTheory
    @GhostTheory 5 лет назад +1

    Hey guys, nice to see you again. This is an amazing place, really enjoyed it and you kept it really interesting. That tunnel is well hidden, but brilliant explore.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Cheers guys. Much appreciated.

  • @RediscoveringLostRailways
    @RediscoveringLostRailways 5 лет назад +2

    Excellent stuff! Some wonderful discoveries and, as usual, high quality presentation. Thank you!

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you. Very much appreciated. 👍👍

  • @elzorroman1
    @elzorroman1 4 года назад +1

    Great video thanks guy's loving your experiences keep up the great work

  • @thadelmore282
    @thadelmore282 5 лет назад +1

    Always enjoy the relaxed and fun way you both do these videos. Maps please! Won't stop me but it saves time looking up these locations on an old AA map book.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you Thad. Give it a week or two and the maps will be on our website with specific locations. (I'm a tad behind!).

  • @Deebz270
    @Deebz270 5 лет назад +4

    The latter half of my childhood was spent, extensively exploring the old raiway system of Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro - then under the wider Tri-county border of Dyfed). I found the old trackbeds ideal in traversing vast swathes of the Welsh countryside, from Newport (Trefdraeth - 'Town on the beach') (on the Cardiganshire border) to the mainline running to Haverfordwest and on to Fishguard (Abergwaun - 'Mouth of the river Gwaun'). In fact, one such line ran from Newport to Clunderwen (prounounced - Klin'derrwin) (on the mainline), right across the Preseli range. Numerous tunnels and extremely overgrown cuttings everywhere.
    .
    BTW - My school was - Ysgol-y-Preseli, (The Preseli School) Crymych, which was not far from this branch line to Newcastle Emlyn, explored in this video.
    .
    Love your work guys.
    .
    Regarding the Cymraeg word 'Cefn' (Back, or rear, or reverse), the pronounciation in Welsh (Cymraeg) is said with an almost silent 'f'... So more sounding like 'Kewn', than 'Kevin'. I used to live just south of the village of Maenclochog (where we later moved to...), at a tiny hamlet called 'Llanycefn' - Llan is Cymraeg for 'church'. And Maenclochog is - 'The village of the ringing stone' - the latter of which was actually just across the road from where we lived. I never heard the stone ring, but it did have a stunning well upwelling from beneath the large granite 'glacial erratic' boulder.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you for sharing. 👍😊

  • @paulcannon2986
    @paulcannon2986 5 лет назад +2

    The best yet, keep them coming.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Ah cheers Paul. Much appreciated. 👍👍

  • @jontownsend6451
    @jontownsend6451 5 лет назад +1

    Hi Paul, this was a random find, as my main interest is railways, and disused infrastructure. What a great video, the music accompanying the scenes is fantastic, really setting the melancholic atmosphere of what we are seeing here. Happy tunnel hunting in the future.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks Jon. Glad you liked the channel and the music, we certainly get mixed reviews from it!

  • @Sim0nTrains
    @Sim0nTrains 5 лет назад +2

    Wouldn’t surprise me if the monks had gone to Vegas (as they do in comedy TV shows and movies) but another great video, some lovely tunnels in this one 👍🏻
    And love how the owner of the tunnel with the beach looking at it uses that tunnel to get a breeze

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Cheers Simon. Yup built in air con for the garden!

  • @HappyQuailsLC
    @HappyQuailsLC 5 лет назад +1

    What a wonderful property! Wow!

  • @almeisam
    @almeisam 5 лет назад +1

    The tower illusion at 0:25. Cool video!

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      ....or forgetting to film in Landscape and then panicking about how you can use the amazing slowmo in the video. Cheers, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @lisasargent9006
    @lisasargent9006 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much for this video.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks for watching Lisa, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @jennyblake2251
    @jennyblake2251 4 года назад

    I grew up at the other end of the tunnel in Tynygriag - the end you emerged at. As soon as I was old enough to be out of my parents sight I spent all my spare time traipsing round the village and frequented the tunnel often- it felt like my own private world. To the left is a steep bank that I would scramble up and down and I had my own route to climb out at the other end without going through the garden. Last time I tried to take that route my little path was all but non existence. I have to say you did the tunnel wrong. It is best experienced without torches, hearing the sounds and feeling the cool dampness and the smells. Then, my favourite part, emerging at the end you did into a magical abandoned world. You say it looks like it has been done up recently but I can tell you that is had not been touched in all the time I've known it- so 35 years. And I doubt at any time in the near past to that as the undergrowth around it was well established.

    • @jennyblake2251
      @jennyblake2251 4 года назад

      Incidentally- you showed the mill wheel-at the beginning. that was a work of restoration by the landowner who also had to restore the entire mill pond above it.

  • @JDLeonard74
    @JDLeonard74 5 лет назад +3

    That is one of the best outdoor air-conditioning units I have ever seen.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      The cool air really comes through it, quite a bizarre feeling.

    • @JDLeonard74
      @JDLeonard74 5 лет назад +1

      Would be a great part of the yard for Summer cook outs and barbeques. Chopped Boston butt pork with a spiced vinegar sauce.
      😋😚👌
      The chef could even manage a 90+ degree day at the grill with that great bit of historical convenience around.

  • @celticwanderer6407
    @celticwanderer6407 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome Video Great Finding Old Rail Lines

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you. Glad you enjoyed.

  • @nunnaurbiznez8815
    @nunnaurbiznez8815 5 лет назад +1

    Cool video, the music was AWESOME!!

  • @davie941
    @davie941 5 лет назад +1

    hey paul and rebbeca , great video , how cool is that , a tunnel at the end of the garden , well im caught up on all your videos now , :)

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Pressures on to get some more made a bit quick now then! 👍👍

    • @davie941
      @davie941 5 лет назад +1

      @@pwhitewick well no rush but yea lol :)

  • @johnrooney1749
    @johnrooney1749 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for your tunnel videos really enjoyed this 1 looking forward to seeing more . Martin zero is right about how good you're channel is.thanks John Rooney

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Cheers John. Much appreciated.

  • @mikehenfron
    @mikehenfron 5 лет назад +3

    Another great vlog, keep up the good work.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Cheers Mark. Glad you enjoyed it. 👍👍

  • @memofromessex
    @memofromessex 5 лет назад +1

    That would be an amazing cycle route! 😍😁

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      I think quite a bit of this line is, (obviously not their garden!).

  • @20OneAtlantean
    @20OneAtlantean 5 лет назад +4

    Oh my imagine owning a house with a tunnel in your garden 😮 thank you for another explore, these uploads are quality 🙂 I hope you visit Derbyshire at some point, Bennerley Viaduct was my last venture 😉

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Cheers Lee. It was a massively unexpected tunnel entrance. Quite an experience.

  • @lindamccaughey8800
    @lindamccaughey8800 5 лет назад +1

    That was great thank you

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks Linda, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @icewizzard666
    @icewizzard666 3 года назад

    Great vid, newly subbed too, love the brickwork on the tunnel ends, it looks immaculate and clean! Love the fact you ask / seek permission, always best to check and be upfront, what's the worse someone can say? - No!
    Well done both!

  • @grahammobbs3464
    @grahammobbs3464 5 лет назад +3

    Great video Paul, it’s amazing that no matter how remote , you still get graffiti on a bare wall.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Yup. Interestingly all the grafitti we came across was only on the recent walls such as the breeze blocks. None on the masonry. #respectfulgrafitti!

    • @markcantemail8018
      @markcantemail8018 5 лет назад +2

      Graham at least he had a Pretty translator along for the Welsh graffiti ? Good team work ,nice video .

    • @philroberts7238
      @philroberts7238 4 года назад

      @@pwhitewick Yes, surprisingly, the graffiti didn't look out of place in such a wild and beautiful spot. It looked more like primitive art designed to enhance rather than to desecrate. I can imagine our neolithic ancestors being quite impressed. Like modern archaeologists, they'd probably put it down to some sort of ritualistic practice. And they'd probably be quite right in thinking so. (Of course, they'd be totally gobsmacked by the tunnel itself!)

  • @SMILEVIDEOTRAINS
    @SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 5 лет назад +1

    beautiful scenes full of mysteery. thanks again

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you. Very much a fan of your videos so very humbled by your comment. Thank you 👍

  • @superiorbeing95
    @superiorbeing95 5 лет назад +2

    New subscriber from Martins channel, if everywhere you go is as nice as this place I'll be watching more.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Get binge watching, plenty from this area. Wales is a delight and never fails

  • @bababooey7576
    @bababooey7576 5 лет назад +1

    Great video! Martin Zero may know some history on this, he's quite knowledgeable on disused , old railways, tunnels etc etc.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      I certainly don't doubt that. Thank you 👍👍

    • @bababooey7576
      @bababooey7576 5 лет назад

      @@pwhitewick Haha!

  • @johnpiper3416
    @johnpiper3416 5 лет назад +1

    Not sure how I found this, but must admit found it interesting.
    Looks well worth a subscribe.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks John. Welcome aboard Sir. 👍 (No pun intended, obviously).

  • @nickwood4776
    @nickwood4776 5 лет назад +2

    No idea why these are fascinating but they are. Abandoned railways and tunnels - what's not to like? Must be my inner anorak.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Embrace that anorak Nick.... Embrace it.

  • @petenash7994
    @petenash7994 5 лет назад +2

    Best video so far - I bet Rebecca selects the music - really enjoy your challenge.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Cheers Peter. We both have a dable at the music selection.

  • @damieneverett7053
    @damieneverett7053 5 лет назад +1

    Woah! Editing upped a gear there, loved the three section screen split!

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      You're a tad behind Damo... 😉😉...

    • @damieneverett7053
      @damieneverett7053 5 лет назад +1

      I know, bloomin work. Still means I’m rewarded with double video goodies this weekend!

  • @HenrysAdventures
    @HenrysAdventures 5 лет назад

    Another great video!

  • @coldblue9mm
    @coldblue9mm 4 года назад

    I wonder when they rock bolted the face of that tunnel? I just stumbled across this video and as the rest of your work, it's great!

  • @TheMattc999
    @TheMattc999 5 лет назад +2

    Awesome video, glad I came across your channel. If I was at the third tunnel I would have to do some climbing, if not over the gate to check out the tunnel definitely to the top to check out the aqueduct, that kind of thing absolutely fascinates me. Anyway, you've got a new subscriber here.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Cheers Matt. Glad you are enjoying. Agreed it didn't look like too much of a climb.... But... We are aiming to get hold of the key officially soon. Watch this space.

    • @TheMattc999
      @TheMattc999 5 лет назад +1

      Whitewick's Abandoned Railways will do, can't wait to see more👍

  • @Ayorkshiremansdailygrind
    @Ayorkshiremansdailygrind 4 года назад

    great video .... really enjoyed it

  • @joecook8352
    @joecook8352 5 лет назад +3

    It's very interesting to see the tunnels and to see how much work and engineering it took to build them, it would be great to have some info on build dates and reason or possible reasons the line was discontinued and the approximate year they were closed

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks Joseph. We are often left in awe at the monumental workings undertaken. Making the videos entertaining, not too long and enough to capture a sense of the railways is our most difficult task. (Also having the time to edit). We are gradually trying to introduce a little more info as we go. 👍👍

  • @mathewhywel
    @mathewhywel 5 лет назад

    I live in the area and walked through Pencader tunnel south to north in 1998. In those days there were no walls or padlocked gates. However, English incomers started having parties in the tunnel and even abseiled down the ventilation towers by trespassing on local farmers' land and damaged the structure. The shafts have since been sealed off as have the entrances either end. Farmers who own the land nearby have keys but only give them to locals.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Most tunnels in the 90's were accessible. Sadly a minority spoil it for the majority.

  • @tardismole
    @tardismole 5 лет назад +1

    That's a big leak in the viaduct at Pencader. Has it been reported? It would be a shame if the break in the wall went unfixed and the water caused it to collapse. The damage would be catastrophic. Welsh is tricky to pronounce. What can I say; we made it that way to make it hard on the English? LOL Just kidding. Your pronunciations were close and acceptable. The landscapes and architecture were amazing. Thanks for sharing. And I remembered to subscribe this time. I can't wait to see where you take us next.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Yup, there is an aquaduct that takes water over the entrance and down the side of the permanent way. We intend to go back soon and try to organise a little work party to clear it. 👍

  • @johnpenny5638
    @johnpenny5638 5 лет назад +2

    Another great video you chaps thankyou - interesting as always. btw I believe the official name for the things you call 'recesses' are really 'refuges' Paul.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Oh my, you know as I've been saying that in the last few videos I've said to myself it doesn't sound right!.... Apologies and that's for the correct name. 👍👍

    • @johnpenny5638
      @johnpenny5638 5 лет назад +1

      @@pwhitewick No big deal Paul; keep up the great work!

  • @nigelkthomas9501
    @nigelkthomas9501 5 лет назад +3

    The Gwili Railway could extend north and work trains through Pencader tunnel.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Yup I understand that they own up to Llanpumpsaint and have plans in place to connect that 4 mile stretch soon.

  • @bobly
    @bobly 2 года назад

    Love seeing the tunnels, I noticed in the two videos you have extra helpers, I don't mean Rebecca or Andrea Freya and Abbie was it a family holiday and thought we'll take the kids somewhere and they can go inside tunnels with yourself and Rebecca

  • @paulsealey2822
    @paulsealey2822 5 лет назад +1

    wow having your own Tunnel

  • @dansummers2965
    @dansummers2965 4 года назад +1

    Some beautiful tunnels and rock in this video. If you do go back there at some point, any chance you could pop the drone up to the aqueduct that seemed to be ?overflowing? at the tunnel mouth? Would be interesting to see what's going on up there.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  4 года назад

      Yup, we had a plan to go back there and clear it completely. I think there is a channel that runs down the left had side as you approach.

  • @carolinegray3150
    @carolinegray3150 5 лет назад +1

    Nice small tunnel at the end

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      The little culvert was great wasn't it.

  • @MrJimbaloid
    @MrJimbaloid 5 лет назад +1

    Great Vid.

  • @anthonybeaman3300
    @anthonybeaman3300 3 года назад

    Andrea seems very nice.

  • @raphaelnikolaus0486
    @raphaelnikolaus0486 4 года назад

    Working my way through the Tunnels videos right after having watched all the EDS episodes, and I had an epiphany of some sort: I envied all the people living in old station houses (with platforms and trackbeds in their garden) or right next to a tunnel (such as shown in this video), but actually my parents have one of the coolest houses there could be (in my region) - not only is the house and garden alongside a former heavy rail track now used by light rail (the Cologne Stadtbahn), but it is actually the house built by the then head of the railway company that owned the railways going along there! I think that's just as cool as living next to a tunnel or in an old station house. :D

    • @raphaelnikolaus0486
      @raphaelnikolaus0486 4 года назад

      I'd like to link you some information, but Wikipedia has only got it in German (and Dutch), but anyways:
      The Railway Company: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ln-Bonner_Eisenbahnen
      The Line: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinuferbahn

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  4 года назад +1

      Excellent Rafael. I can confirm that this is definitely pretty cool!! Thanks for sharing.

    • @raphaelnikolaus0486
      @raphaelnikolaus0486 Месяц назад

      @@pwhitewick Funny: YT has just re-recommended me this video, after the recent supporter livestream, which I followed from my parents' house, also referring to this comment of mine (which, of course, you couldn't remember). :D I will probably never stop being amazed by the locality and the view.... (Will probably also repost pictures in Twitter, if remember.)

  • @rhysdavies4615
    @rhysdavies4615 5 лет назад +1

    I visited Pencader Tunnel for the first time twenty years ago to this day, and was heartily traumatized by the experience (sunk up to my knees in soft mud at the entrance) - I've returned a few times since then and walked through it end-to-end - an amazing bit of engineering. You guys did a brilliant job photographing it and the other tunnels on the old Carmarthen & Cardigan and Manchester & Milford lines.
    There is actually a horizontal adit on the surface that is believed to have connected with the north-eastern ventilation shaft - I've seen the entrance to this with my own eyes but it's impossible to penetrate far inside due to it having collapsed.
    As a suggestion, have you considered visited the Manchester and Milford Railway's unfinished tunnel at Cefn Myherin? This was located on the aborted 15-mile section that would have carried the railway across the Cambrian Mountains to Llangurig, and would have been among the highest railway tunnels in the UK, in terms of altitude. Contractors begin digging the approach cuttings at both ends before the project was abandoned, and they can indeed be seen marked as 'Old Quarry' on the old OS maps held by the National Library of Scotland.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you, Rhys. Someone suggested we try to find the cuttings to the tunnel that was never built but I haven't had a chance to look. Do you have the location details?

    • @rhysdavies4615
      @rhysdavies4615 5 лет назад +1

      @@pwhitewick Cheers for the reply Whitewick, and I'm happy to help - here's some excellent online resources detailing the unfinished cuttings:
      coflein.gov.uk/en/site/406893/details/manchester-and-milford-railway-cefn-blaenmerin-tunnel-north-east-entrance
      coflein.gov.uk/en/site/406894/details/manchester-and-milford-railway-cefn-blaenmerin-tunnel-south-west-entrance
      And here are two scans I found online of the plans submitted to Parliament for the tunnel and adjacent parts of the unbuilt line:
      oi67.tinypic.com/i3a1hg.jpg
      oi68.tinypic.com/2aak3ty.jpg
      Between them these elevations give a fairly concise idea of what the tunnel under Blaen Myherin would have been like if completed - a formidable structure both to build and operate. Equally impressive would have been the viaduct proposed to span the Ystwyth valley south of Devil's Bridge.
      PS: I'm based in Aberystwyth, so if you'd like an extra pair of hands along with you during a survey, I'd be happy to weigh in

  • @MrBook123456
    @MrBook123456 3 года назад

    good work

  • @donsharpe5786
    @donsharpe5786 5 лет назад +1

    The river Teifi is pronounced Tavy, which is the same as the river flowing from Dartmoor through Tavistock to the Tamar and was only a few miles from the Princetown branch.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Ah we thought it was more.... "Tayvee".

  • @keithdoe7046
    @keithdoe7046 4 года назад

    Absolutely fascinating . I started walking old railways back in the late 60s and remember walking in stages from Aberystwyth to Strata Florida in summer 1970 when visiting my Grandparents who lived in Penparcau just outside Aberystwyth . I recall , apart from a couple of blown bridges ,the course being fairly walkable throughout then and distinctly remember Tyn y Graig tunnel with its open rock interior. I now live in Huntingdon , Cambs and there are several old lines round this way, especially in the St Ives area . Are any of those staitons ticked off on your list yet?

  • @a11csc
    @a11csc 4 года назад +1

    have you checked out the butternab tunnel on the huddersfield meltham line at one side been converted into a nice house

  • @goldenaxe1986
    @goldenaxe1986 5 лет назад +2

    IF YOU CAN in your tunnel expeditions PLEASE (If it is possible) Show a better picture of the Tunnel millage Signs (4.08 White oval sign in this Vid) They are indeed Just as Much a part of the tunnels & in mapping out where these tunnels are to Keen tunnel enthusiasts.... CHeers... Again Another Excellent Vid

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +2

      Thanks Mike. Yup, absolutely doable for us. Missed them on this expedition!

  • @lorrainemerry9470
    @lorrainemerry9470 5 лет назад +5

    you should call your tunnel series TUNNEL VISION.lol

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Now that's not a bad idea.

  • @scotti_wan_kenobi
    @scotti_wan_kenobi 2 года назад

    Hi, I've been a subscriber for a little while now and really enjoy the channel so I've been delving into your older stuff.
    Some fantastic tunnels in this video, did you ever get the key from the monks and go back to film inside the long one?

  • @charlottewilson8740
    @charlottewilson8740 3 года назад

    Theres a house in huddersfield which has a tunnel portal in their back garden it was called the butternab tunnel always wanted the house lol Xx

  • @allanbairstow
    @allanbairstow 5 лет назад +1

    Brilliant videos, came across them by accident...now i'm hooked. Are my eyes playing tricks with me or is there a face carving in the rock at time stamp 12:39 - looks realy spooky, was there a ghost watching you ?

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Welcome to the channel Allan. 👍..... Oh boy... We didn't see anything but now I'm pausing and looking!!

  • @danielbarrows7144
    @danielbarrows7144 4 года назад

    Imagine that a monk that didn't want to be contacted 🤣 did you find the velociraptor? 🐉😜🤠🚂🏰🚇

  • @freqeist
    @freqeist 3 года назад +1

    one to do: Kemp town railway in Brighton

  • @bodge6886
    @bodge6886 5 лет назад +2

    I know some of these well👍

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Hope we did them justice. 👍👍

  • @manstu5781
    @manstu5781 4 года назад

    Generally speaking does anyone know who own the trackbed of all the old disused railway lines. And who is responsible for the old tunnels.
    Very interesting content from these 2 people. Well done.

  • @xboxcrazee
    @xboxcrazee 5 лет назад +2

    Sounds like you need one of those collapsible ladders for these escapades....

  • @MrSprocket2u
    @MrSprocket2u 5 лет назад +1

    Did you know there was a secret room in deb dale park house( gorton house ) , that run down to the servants quarters from the bedroom . Love if you guys could get permission and explore this lovely old house

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Interesting stuff. No clue I am afraid.

  • @dancedecker
    @dancedecker 4 года назад +1

    I think I know why you could not get into that third ttunnel. U obviously would need to find a Monk key. There's not a lot of them in Wales. Lol. Sorry.... Excellent video. Cheers for that.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  4 года назад

      Lol..... Ooooh dear. 🤪😂

  • @carolinegray3150
    @carolinegray3150 5 лет назад +1

    Good video

  • @dyfansgwr8851
    @dyfansgwr8851 5 лет назад +1

    Shame you couldn't go through pencader tunnel but maybe when you come back for the Gwili ride
    Great vid btw

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thanks Dyfan. Hoping for your vid to be up in two weeks. Well behind with my editing!

    • @dyfansgwr8851
      @dyfansgwr8851 5 лет назад +1

      Ok thanks for the heads up

  • @oddwad6290
    @oddwad6290 5 лет назад +2

    Nice intro and video . Wonder if the mill in the beginning was once served by the railway line ? Was this an line that mainly served passengers?

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Cheers Montie. This particular station (about 100 yards away from the tunnel was used for passengers mainly as it served the village and visitors to the falls below.

  • @woohoofromtexasharris4814
    @woohoofromtexasharris4814 4 года назад

    WOOHOO FROM TEXAS 😎😎😎

  • @crankjazz
    @crankjazz 5 лет назад +1

    "Raduis"? Excellent video as usual :-)

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Cheers. Radius?

    • @crankjazz
      @crankjazz 5 лет назад

      @@pwhitewick there's a typo in the on-screen description of one of the tunnels.

    • @crankjazz
      @crankjazz 5 лет назад +1

      @@pwhitewick it's at 12:16 in the video :-)

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      @@crankjazz oooops. We both watched the final cut about three times as wel!!

    • @warden1969
      @warden1969 2 года назад

      I’m confused, it says a radius of 26 chains, but a chain is 22 yards.
      What am I misunderstanding…??

  • @Jim_Welch_OK
    @Jim_Welch_OK 5 лет назад +4

    Just found your videos. Sometimes the music covers the talking.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Jim hope you are enjoying bthe channel. Yup we are amateurs learning, getting better slowly.

  • @MagicaLucem
    @MagicaLucem 5 лет назад +1

    Just discovered your channel.
    I assume tunnels 1 to 4 were railway tunnels.
    The small "bonus" tunnel, is that an adit, for water egress or air intake, or is it an artifact of a furnace or something else.
    Do you know?
    What an adventure.
    Thank you.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. Yes all railway tunnels from the Manchester and Milford Railway. The final tunnel was a culvert which would have helped guide water away from the line and its embankment.

  • @andrewmarch7891
    @andrewmarch7891 3 года назад +1

    Alt-y-Cefn tunnel had telegraph lines inside which suggests a nearby signal box any idea where that was?

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  3 года назад

      We've actually still yet to cover this line in an #EveryDisusedStation sense, so will have a poke around later in the year.

  • @urbexutraconemiejsca9178
    @urbexutraconemiejsca9178 5 лет назад +3

    Nice movie 👌 🏆 👀 Congratulations 🎥 🍸 Greetings from Poland 👍 👌 Good luck 👀 New sub..... like .... 💕

  • @garyjene9146
    @garyjene9146 5 лет назад +1

    Would be nice if you can amend your video to include a map of the area where the 4 tunnels are and a rough sketch where the tracks ran.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  5 лет назад

      Hi Gary, have a look at the link "paulwhitewick.co.uk' and click on the 'EveeyDisusedStation' tab. Then have a look at the map. In a few days the tunnels will appear as blue pins. Hope that helps.