Great vlog. Music very apt. Felt sadness thinking of all these hardworking brave men building such beautiful bridges and stations and railways and tunnels and they are just wasting away. Very nostalgic. But I loved it just the same. Well done thank you.
Walked this one a few times, the other one a few miles away under the Stenigot estate is more dramatic, over a mile under the hills and the far exit looks like a tiny speck of light when it first comes into view. Walked them regularly with various interested parties 🚂
Fantastic. The location is so remote, that stirs up an atmosphere of it's own. This tunnel is in a great condition considering over 55 years of disuse and virtually no maintenance since. The Lincolnshire Wolds is a lovely area with no rail access. This line, if it were to be rebuilt, forming a direct route from Lincoln towards the coast at Mablethorpe would be a massive boost to the economy in this area. I can't understand why this and a few other projects to bring more railway back into Lincolnshire are not being taken seriously. The local councils here unfortunately are car sentric, and this county is suffering because of it. Will you be planning to explore the tunnel at Withcall. Another lost monument.
I like the way nature has taken over the track bed. So many species must live along the old railway route. Plus it's a great place to discover if we are sensitive to the habitat. Cheers for making this video. Dawn, Paul and Sweep
I've passed above this tunnel many hundreds of times on the road above, always wondered what it looked like. Being out of sight and remote it's an iconic example of a single track tunnel. What a great pity it's use had to come to an end. Preserved in time, like so many others, forgotten, but has a charm about it in it's own kind of way, in very good condition too. Thanks for sharing the exploration.🙂👍
Love those oval shaped tunnels i was surprised at the lack of recesses i thought there,d be more than three over what was quite a long stretch ...really enjoyed that Ant....great video keep up the good work stay safe mate Frank & Lee..
Tragic these tunnels and their ornate entrances being left to ruin. In 1,000 years this will seem like ancient Rome, and we won't have looked after it.
Interesting visit to the tunnel , so you did'nt get the drone out ,it looked like a good day for it, music was atmospheric and perfect and not to loud great video yet again ..
That looked like a fun day, great weather by the looks of it. It's a shame that the infrastructure is not looked after a bit better, I'd hate to think of it falling into disrepair. Who knew that there are such rugged handsome chaps in Lincolnshire?!!!!
You may like the video called North Ormsby walk Lincolnshire Wolds by Nigel Harness who walks the old track bed between Utterby and Little Grimsby on the old Louth to Grimsby line
Great explore again Ant. Lincolnshire lost so many railways, I used to take my coach tours to Skegness, there is an old station on the road to Skegness, the old signal box and the station buildings are still standing and in great condition. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of it.
@@Andrea.583 I remember going there in the early 1990s to an auction of railway memorabilia: a good friend bought a station clock that still takes pride of place in his lounge
Ant - you've found a dry tunnel😃 Bit Gothic this one, don't see many that pointy!!! Cracking portals and abuttments leading into a right old mish mash of bricks, unusual drain bodies. 👍🏻👍🏻
The cable mountings would have been for the telegraph wires. For the bells and tablet instruments at the signal boxes. Carried on telegraph poles outside the tunnel.
That really was a great adventure. Would your cream cheese happen to be calcite by chance? What a shame tunnels are left to disintegrate. That stonework is so brilliant and the inside was incredible too. Thanks for taking me along and p,ease stay safe and take care
Hiya - Fun fact - if you take a close look at the ballast - if your lucky enough - you could find a few pieces of coal which have fallen off the old Tenders of the Steam Engines!!! I have found a few bits of coal in the Tunnels that run along what is now the Monsal Trail here in Derbyshire which used to be the M. R. until it closed in 1968 :(
I cannot beleive instead of all the fancy new railways that we are not reinstating old ones! Its more sustainable and links urban ares too. Honestly, it takes half an hour drive anywhere around lincs wolds to get anywhere interesting
Well ive commented on 2 other videos of yours from notts as a kid and believe it or not i live over in louth now since the 80s. Taken the kids down here a few times. Did you ever do the dishes at raf stenigot as well before being pulled down ?
There’s another tunnel on this line, can’t remember where abouts but it’s not as long. Edit- ah I think this is the shorter tunnel then? The longer tunnel you can’t see day light the other end and if you can it’s a tiny speckle.
Nice dry tunnel this time, was there any ventilation shafts ? If not it must have been dug from either end, looked like a join of brickwork in one shot ?
That would be an interesting to watch; I have walked several parts of the Mablethorpe loop and come upon two small blue brick bridges near the oil refinery, two mile further south is one remaining iron box bridge crossing the grift drains.
Hi Simon, the tunnel at Withcall is sealed at both ends, sadly, I have been to the North-East portal and got some decent photos, but the South-West portal opens up into the Stenigot Estate and is impossible to access without permission. The Bat Society sometimes get access, but for the rest of us it's not really possible. There is a good tunnel at Toft in South Lincolnshire (which I have also photographed), that's worth a visit.
The pipe you found which had Jacksdale on in would have been a pipe made by James Oake at their pipe works at Jacksdale. They made earthenware pipes for all sanitary uses and were located at the side of pye Hill colliery, which James Oake owned before nationalisation.
Hi Ant I know it's a while since you did this one but to go in this tunnel do you need permission as its my birthday this month as I'm hoping to explore it got a big torch 🔦 to light it up xx
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Great vlog. Music very apt. Felt sadness thinking of all these hardworking brave men building such beautiful bridges and stations and railways and tunnels and they are just wasting away. Very nostalgic. But I loved it just the same. Well done thank you.
Thank you for the video and chat. An extraordinary tunnel and interior. Cheers Ant! 🏴🙂👍🇺🇸
good video, thanks for sharing, love the bits about the history as well
Thanks for sharing another great tunnel. Worked on a farm at South Willingham for a couple of years as a relief herdsman but that was many moons ago!.
Walked this one a few times, the other one a few miles away under the Stenigot estate is more dramatic, over a mile under the hills and the far exit looks like a tiny speck of light when it first comes into view. Walked them regularly with various interested parties 🚂
Very good walk lovely brick work inside take care xx
Cheers Helen. Still my only trip to Lincolnshire too 😂
Fantastic. The location is so remote, that stirs up an atmosphere of it's own. This tunnel is in a great condition considering over 55 years of disuse and virtually no maintenance since. The Lincolnshire Wolds is a lovely area with no rail access. This line, if it were to be rebuilt, forming a direct route from Lincoln towards the coast at Mablethorpe would be a massive boost to the economy in this area. I can't understand why this and a few other projects to bring more railway back into Lincolnshire are not being taken seriously. The local councils here unfortunately are car sentric, and this county is suffering because of it. Will you be planning to explore the tunnel at Withcall. Another lost monument.
Fantastic video mate, the music is so dramatic too, brilliant.
Thank you so much for your kind comment and thank you for watching 🙂
Love these video's, a great escape from the mad world!
Great find that, unusual shape tunnel and dead straight by the looks of it, thanks for taking us along, great day for an ice cream 👍🏴
A well researched video (as always). Thanks for sharing this.
I like the way nature has taken over the track bed. So many species must live along the old railway route. Plus it's a great place to discover if we are sensitive to the habitat. Cheers for making this video. Dawn, Paul and Sweep
I've passed above this tunnel many hundreds of times on the road above, always wondered what it looked like.
Being out of sight and remote it's an iconic example of a single track tunnel.
What a great pity it's use had to come to an end.
Preserved in time, like so many others, forgotten, but has a charm about it in it's own kind of way, in very good condition too.
Thanks for sharing the exploration.🙂👍
Love those oval shaped tunnels i was surprised at the lack of recesses i thought there,d be more than three over what was quite a long stretch ...really enjoyed that Ant....great video keep up the good work stay safe mate Frank & Lee..
The patina is so interesting, thank you.
Tragic these tunnels and their ornate entrances being left to ruin. In 1,000 years this will seem like ancient Rome, and we won't have looked after it.
Good to see you in sunny Lincolnshire. All the best!
Great vid 👍
Yes I think the drainage pipe is from Jacksdale , James Oakes pipe and brick yard .
Thanks for the info, thats good to know :) Thankyou for watching
Their is heritage steam trains run between Ludborough and North Thoresby and work is now in progress to extend the line southwards towards Louth.
My son is a volunteer there!
good one ant
Interesting visit to the tunnel , so you did'nt get the drone out ,it looked like a good day for it, music was atmospheric and perfect and not to loud great video yet again ..
That looked like a fun day, great weather by the looks of it. It's a shame that the infrastructure is not looked after a bit better, I'd hate to think of it falling into disrepair. Who knew that there are such rugged handsome chaps in Lincolnshire?!!!!
Ha ha rugged 😂
I'm sure he'll be in one again eventually
You may like the video called North Ormsby walk Lincolnshire Wolds by
Nigel Harness who walks the old track bed between Utterby and Little Grimsby on the old Louth to Grimsby line
Another great video Ant. Hope you will be back to do the next tunnel on this line at Withcall
I am finally glad to go into that tunnel, it's a pity you couldn't fly but you definitely captured it well.
Love your videos pal. Stay safe!
Great explore again Ant.
Lincolnshire lost so many railways, I used to take my coach tours to Skegness, there is an old station on the road to Skegness, the old signal box and the station buildings are still standing and in great condition.
Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of it.
Burgh le Marsh, closed in October 1970.
@@Andrea.583 Yes, you're right, I just forgot the name, I remember the windmill there too.
@@Andrea.583 I remember going there in the early 1990s to an auction of railway memorabilia: a good friend bought a station clock that still takes pride of place in his lounge
Ant - you've found a dry tunnel😃 Bit Gothic this one, don't see many that pointy!!! Cracking portals and abuttments leading into a right old mish mash of bricks, unusual drain bodies. 👍🏻👍🏻
The cable mountings would have been for the telegraph wires. For the bells and tablet instruments at the signal boxes. Carried on telegraph poles outside the tunnel.
That really was a great adventure. Would your cream cheese happen to be calcite by chance? What a shame tunnels are left to disintegrate. That stonework is so brilliant and the inside was incredible too. Thanks for taking me along and p,ease stay safe and take care
did this 1 a few years ago got stung to hell by the nettles in the cutting
I think from memory i almost survived the nettles. Thanks for watching :)
I'm not sure you've done a single-track tunnel before. You could see how narrow it is from the video!
Another interesting explore, buddy.
Thanks fella 😃
This tunnel is called "High Street Tunnel" according to the 1937-61 OS map on the side by side map of National Library of Scotland.
excellent video👍 a step back in time could you do a video of the station that was on that line
Thanks Barry. If I do end up over that Way I'll be sure to have a look 🙂
Hiya - Fun fact - if you take a close look at the ballast - if your lucky enough - you could find a few pieces of coal which have fallen off the old Tenders of the Steam Engines!!! I have found a few bits of coal in the Tunnels that run along what is now the Monsal Trail here in Derbyshire which used to be the M. R. until it closed in 1968 :(
I cannot beleive instead of all the fancy new railways that we are not reinstating old ones! Its more sustainable and links urban ares too. Honestly, it takes half an hour drive anywhere around lincs wolds to get anywhere interesting
Well ive commented on 2 other videos of yours from notts as a kid and believe it or not i live over in louth now since the 80s.
Taken the kids down here a few times.
Did you ever do the dishes at raf stenigot as well before being pulled down ?
I popped by later the same day, there was only one remaining so had a little look then left :)
There’s another tunnel on this line, can’t remember where abouts but it’s not as long.
Edit- ah I think this is the shorter tunnel then? The longer tunnel you can’t see day light the other end and if you can it’s a tiny speckle.
Nice dry tunnel this time, was there any ventilation shafts ? If not it must have been dug from either end, looked like a join of brickwork in one shot ?
Can you explore the line from Louth to Saltfleetby via Grimoldby?
That would be an interesting to watch; I have walked several parts of the Mablethorpe loop and come upon two small blue brick bridges near the oil refinery, two mile further south is one remaining iron box bridge crossing the grift drains.
Super video, Ant - really like your videos - was that Jo Jo Ford with you? When are you going to do the other tunnel on that line (Withcall)?
Hi Simon, the tunnel at Withcall is sealed at both ends, sadly, I have been to the North-East portal and got some decent photos, but the South-West portal opens up into the Stenigot Estate and is impossible to access without permission. The Bat Society sometimes get access, but for the rest of us it's not really possible. There is a good tunnel at Toft in South Lincolnshire (which I have also photographed), that's worth a visit.
I have been to Toft and taken pictures, as I visit friends in Spalding. Thanks so much for your info about Withcall.
The pipe you found which had Jacksdale on in would have been a pipe made by James Oake at their pipe works at Jacksdale. They made earthenware pipes for all sanitary uses and were located at the side of pye Hill colliery, which James Oake owned before nationalisation.
Hi Ant I know it's a while since you did this one but to go in this tunnel do you need permission as its my birthday this month as I'm hoping to explore it got a big torch 🔦 to light it up xx
Hello Helen. Since I went in summer 2020 I believe it's been fenced off. I'll have to think of other birthday ideas for you 😀😂
Arrhh right thanks for the info xx
Would have made a much better preserved railway than the dead straight featureless Ludborough to Louth(eventually)line.
I was hatched in 1952
Such a great place! But oh what a waste of beautiful engineering.
That's not a carcass, it's a twisted wire end.
It was just above right of the wire