When is a Tunnel not a Tunnel? Abandoned Railway Explore
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Welcome to this weeks walk along the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway. Great Western Railway ran trains along this line as far south as Winchester where London South Western Railway took over. In this weeks family friendly video we take a look at a section close to Whitchurch including a number of tunnels we didn't know existed. Are they tunnels?? You decide!
0:00 - 1:06 - Intro
1:06 - 2:02 - Giveaway
2:02 - 3:59 - Mystery underpass and Viaduct
3:59 - 6:18 - Whitchurch Station
6:19 - 8:48 - Two Tunnels
8:48 - 9:40 - Geocahe
9:40 - Viaduct - บันเทิง
Hi Paul and the beautiful Rebecca the answer to the question is" The Lost Cannal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton " And thank you so much for your wonderful videos
Ahh, thank you for the memories. I cycled to Tufton viaduct and to Larksbarrow cutting nearly 30 years ago now... The cutting wasn't as overgrown as that, I do have a photo but can't share it via comments. It's (a) so peaceful and you can well imagine poor old 76017 running away down the 1 in 106 gradient with her load of bricks and timber in 1954 (she came to grief at the end of the passing loop, south of Whitchurch station); but (b) such a pity that the cutting comes to a sticky end where the A34 dual carriageway then steals the alignment.
Forget the tunnels. I love Rebecca's hair in pigtails. :)
I love the old rail section being used a fence post brace near the geocache...
There seems to be quite a few along this stretch.
Another interesting video, Paul and Rebecca.
Paul's favourite video is, The lost canal tunnel in the woods, Sapperton Tunnel.
I'm not sure if you call a bridge built at an angle, a skew bridge. We call them skew bridges in Scotland!
Paul's favourite is the Sapperton canal tunnel video
The Lost Canal in the Woods, Sapperton Tunnel is Paul's most loved video.
The Lost Canal In The Woods is Paul's FAVOURITE video!
I really enjoy studying the Masonry details in your videos. At 7:45 I was fascinated by what looks like a brick "ladder" on the left side of the portal. Apparently there was to be a retaining wall that would "key" into the slots. The alternative was to build that curious stone wall and backfill with dirt (A lot cheaper, but the soil washed out and the stones began to fall out). At 7:50 there is a retaining wall on the right side, but it stops a couple of feet short of the top. Vacant slots are visible (Maybe they were trying to save bricks).
Great video again
1 Paul's favourite video is the Sapperton Canal Tunnel video.
2 If you want to see a quirky tunnel - Google 'Norfolk's on Railway Tunnel'. It is on the 15inch Bure Valley line. It goes under a bypass.
3 I'd love to know how the tunnels were constructed. The way I understand brick arches were built was as follows. They put a temporary wooden frame up. They laid the bricks on top of the frame and obviously removed the frame when complete. If this method was employed here I believe they must of removed a section of the embankment then constructed the tunnel before replacing the top of the embankment. Any clues?
Hi Paul and Rebecca... Paul's favourite video is "The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton"
It is magnificent... I have been there, and have a photo of my daughter standing in one of the alcoves of the ornamental portal of the tunnel at the Cirencester end of it.
“THE LOST CANAL TUNNEL IN THE WOODS, SAPPERTON” a great Brirish watch I think Fred Dibnah would have liked these as well.
I belive the Answer is Sapperton Tunnel video
Hi Paul & Rebecca, Paul's favourite video is the lost canal tunnel in the woods. Cheers John. 👍😎😎👍
Thanks for another look at the beautiful countryside.
Paul's favourite video is the Sapperton canal tunnel.
According to my viewing history I think that it was published eight months ago.
I keep the most interesting ones because when I retire I intend returning to the mainland UK and following some of the walks left by the abandoned railway routes. In this respect Paul and Rebecca's videos are better than guide books.
Thanks Stephen. Very kind.
You just don't notice what's on your doorstep.
The lost canal tunnel in the woods, Sapperton.
Thanks Paul and Rebecca
The title of Paul’s favourite video is - “the lost canal tunnel in the woods. Sapperton”
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I've only found your videos recently and been going back through your old ones like the Sapperton video. Thanks!
Where did you get that idea from, you are taring me apart ;)
The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods, Sapperton.
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4:19 - a skew bridge or skew arch (more precisely a helicoid skew arch). It's a construction technique that had to be developed in the 19th century precisely because railways couldn't be aligned to cross roads, rivers and canals at a right angle.
...and the bricks are angled like that on a skew bridge because if they were straight and level the force of the train passing overhead would tend to make the courses of brick slide over one another. Having them at an angel means the the force is normal to the courses of bricks.
Paul's favourite is sapperton tunnel video
Sapperton canal tunnel, Paul. Hope I win, love your videos, you and rebbeca really cheer up a cold winters day, stay safe!
This is an excellent idea and much appreciated. The architecture and masonry of the tunnels shows how much work and engineer went into them. I wish you would spend more time looking at the structures. Here in my part of the East Coast of USA we don’t have many of these structures. Thank you for showing us some beautiful examples.
Thanks Jim. We definitely try and capture as much as possible without drawing on too much as well. Quite a tricky balance.
The lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton about 17 minutes and 59 seconds long, published on TH-cam 16th June 2020 and if you a Patreon member you can watch the 6 minute unedited version of when they send the GoPro down a shaft...
Sorry wanted to much as much detail as I could lol There was something that I discovered last year that I felt ashamed of. Near a Church in Brereton, Rugeley there used to be a subway going under the road and I've been walking the subway a few times but it now filled in, was filled in ages ago but last year purchased a book on the Brereton Collieries and there used to be a tramway from the pit to the Trent and Mersey Canal, but what I didn't know was that subway which is now filled in used to be part of the tramway (face palm) but this was a great video indeed. Loved it!
The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton was Paul's favourite. My, you guys looked cold!
Paul’s favourite video is The Sapperton Canal Tunnel...When I was at College in Weymouth in the 80s I used to walk the old Weymouth to Portland Railway line to go to drama classes, the line was overgrown and the one tunnel was really spooky, dripping water and hanging branches, just beyond the tunnel you could see peaking from the undergrowth the railway platforms..I loved it, this video reminded me of that time..
Paul's favourite video . The lost Canal tunnel in the woods Sapperton. THE DEEP HOLE IN THE WOODS . 😊
Great Video X Loved when you made sure you both used the Style and not the wide gap X Pauls favourite video was the 'Sapperton Canal Tunnel' Video X
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That favourite video would be the Sapperton Canal tunnel video. Or, as my father used to say: the next one, always the next one. That would be the next painting in his case.
Paul's favourite video to date is: The lost canal tunnel in the woods. Sapperton.
Keep up the good work!
A tunnel is a tunnel if it is bored through the ground. It doesn't matter about its length. If the item is a cutting, which is then covered over, then technically it is not a tunnel. The apparent tunnel next to Kemble station is a cut and cover rather than a tunnel.
My answer to you question is The lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton. Thanks for the great videos by the way.
Our pleasure.
Winter trousers! Jeans are probably the most impractical thing to wear in any weather. Plus, icicles can be deadly.
The lost canal tunnel in the woods, Sapperton.
BTW, I like the ‘Blazing Saddles’ moment in the video! 😅👍
Your favourite video is Sapperton Canal Tunnel.
Quiz answer - The Sapperton Tunnel video. Yup i loved that one too, it is relatively local to me. LOVING YOUR WORK GUYS.
ANSWER = "The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton."
Keep up the great work! Love the videos!
Steve
Paul's favourite video is The Deep Hole in the Woods or Sapperton Canal Tunnel. My home address is ........!! 😎👍👍
Paul’s favourite video is the “The Lost canal in the woods. Sapperton”... Hmmm guess I should go watch the “The Lost canal in the woods. Sapperton” video.
You mean you haven't watched it!??
The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton." That's why I love walking all the line you get to see so much more but does take a lot of planning and time glad you found them all happy memories for me of walking the line a few years back .
‘The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods, Sapperton’ is Paul’s favourite video - one of mine too- so much so, that it inspired me to drag my family 200 miles to visit & explore it ourselves! The walk along the disused canal from the South is fascinating, as is the disused pub above the southern portal!
Many thanks for your continued brilliant work!
Another great video with a bit of history and the lesser trodden paths. It does give rise to the question of just how many older/abandoned railways there are out there, in times before metalled roads and how many could be brought back into guided rail and community Cycle and Walks. I suggest this as it's a way of collecting the litter you pick up and 'warden' these by-ways again. Great stuff. I will also answer that Pauls favourite video is "The Lost Canal Tunnel In The Woods at Sapperston/The Deep Hole In The Woods" video.
Thanks for the great Out-Door walks away from the crowds and having us along too. Keep Well now. Cheers!
Hi Rebecca and Paul. Interesting & informative video. I think your favourite tunnel Paul is the Sapperton Canal Tunnel. I thoroughly enjoyed Rebecca's singing in the early part of this video. Yes Rebecca length does matter, in railway terms I believe a tunnel has a specific minimum otherwise its called a bridge or 'creep'. The bridge on a slant has a brick lining which again I believe is called 'skew lining'. If you had gone south of Port Mulgrave on your Yorkshire adventure, there is an excellent example of this brick lining on the outskirts of Scarborough which you drive through. Keep up the good work, stay safe. X.
Paul's favourite video is "The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton."
The Lost canal in the woods. Sapperton, be the answer. I was gonna write something witty, but it's monday morning.
In which case you've done well just to type!
Hi both, Paul’s favourite video is the Sapperton canal video. Good luck with your endeavours, great viewing!
Paul's favourite video is ... The lost canal tunnel in the woods, Sapperton. Love the videos, keep up the good work, it's much appreciated.😀
Paul's favorite video is the "lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton."
Paul’s favourite video is ‘The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton. Keep up the great work. Your videos brighten a dull Sunday
The Lost Canal in the Woods, Sapperton Tunnel is Paul's most loved video
I’m pretty sure the answer to the question is the ‘Sapperton Canal Tunnel’ episode. Loved it too along with the Coombe Hay Lock and Fussels Balance Lock episodes. Love you to come and walk the Bristol and North Somerset railway. We live in Clutton where an attempt was made to restore the station platforms etc. The platforms can still be seen if you know where to look along with the old mine branch which apparently used to be a gravity line. Be great to see you guys here. Keep up the great videos. Love them
Enjoyed your latest freezing walk through tunnels of all sorts. The answer is Sapperton Tunnel where you got lost in the woods and pieced the film together from bits and pieces but it worked.
The lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton. Loved that video myself.
The lost canal tunnel in the woods Sapperton is Paul's favourite video.
The Sapperton canal tunnel video is Paul's favourite.
The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton. That was Paul's favourite. Another good video, keep up the great work.
Paul's favourite is 'The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton' from 16 June 2020
Paul and Rebecca , two thumbs up. A fun video , like going for a walk with your two best friends. Thanks for sharing. The answer , "The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton."
Paul’s favourit video is “The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton”. Thanks for another video guys!
Fave video is The lost canal tunnel in the woods, aka Sapperton cabal tunnel video. Thanks for the excellent output, it is now a Sunday afternoon staple for this house!
Pauls favorite video is the Sapperton Canal Tunnel - "The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Saperton"
Pauls favourite - The Lost Canal in the woods : Sapperton
The lost canal tunnel in the woods - sapperton would be Pauls favourite video 👍👍👍
Paul’s fave video so far is The lost canal tunnel in the woods at Sapperton.
I have always loved watching you both tramp around in the best and the worst weather imaginable to rediscover really odd but amazing and beautiful places.
Cheers from California !
The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton - Love this week's video!
I would guess the first is what we call cattle pass on this side of the pond...
Hi Paul & Rebecca. Another great informative video about what you can find off the beaten track in our local area. The answer to you question is The lost canal tunnel - Sapperton tunnel (6.09 mins). Keep the videos coming when you can> Thanks
Paul’s favourite video is the Sapperton canal tunnel video.
Sapperton Canal Tunnel... Which is even better in the fact that I used to live in Stroud nearby!
Great video once again this week, good to see you're still getting out and about for adventures :)
Nice...👍.
"The lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton."
Answer to the question :
The lost canal in the woods, Sapperton :-)
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Paul's favorite video to date is "The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods, Sapperton".
Paul's favorite video is The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods, Sapperton.
At 3:27 lol ! I believe you two are slightly mad! Maybe just the cold! Enjoyed this immensely. The Sapperton tunnel video was Paul's favourite . Keep warm and carry on. Hans
at 3-20, there is a viaduct near where i was born (Hanwell west London) like that, we used to go inside the supports as kids, climb the ladders to the track bed, sometimes we would lock our mates inside and scare the carp out of them...such fun :-)
The lost canal tunnel Sapperton published 16th June 2020.. keep up the good work guys, looking forward to when you can get further afield again!
Pauls favourite video to date is "The lost canal tunnel in the woods, Sapperton"
I think these little tunnels, or underpasses, or what have you are very cute, and I'm glad I've seen them. I think lots of us have cool stuff close to home that we overlook, that we should probably share.
The Sapperton, Canal Tunnel is Paul's favourite.
I have walked across and under all those bridges and viaducts shown in your video and often wondered what the extra tunnels were for at Tufton viaduct.Thanks for solving that one, Its a lovely walk and thanks for another great video👍"The lost canal in the woods Sapperton"
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Paul's favourite video is on the Sapperton Canal Tunnel.
Paul's favourite video, so far, is ........ "The Lost Canal Tunnel in the Woods. Sapperton."
Paul's fave video is the Lost canal tunnel in the woods, Sapperton. One I must go back and watch again!
The lost canal tunnel in the woods, Sapperton.
Another fantastic video guys, it’s amazing what you just don’t know is there. I love the old railways. Keep safe and healthy. Tim
Paul’s favourite video is the Sapperton canal tunnel.
Paul said, !my favourite video is the Sapperton canal tunnel.."
The lost canal in the woods , Sapperton. And it really was a good watch too
The lost canal in the woods Sapperton Tunnel. 🙃
I feel I have already won as the Didcot Newbury Southampton videos are my favourites!😃
What is the music playing? It’s haunting and gorgeous!
The lost canal tunnel in the woods. Sapperton.
Another great video… thank you.
Sapperton canal tunnel, yeah!
The lost canal tunnel in the woods. Sapperton is Paul's favourite video and if I'm being honest it's one of mine too
The lost canal tunnel in the woods at Sapperton. Loved the music at 3:00 by the way, beautiful!
The lost Canal tunnel in the woods. Sapperton.
Really interesting video. Thanks to both of you.
It's called a skew built bridge Paul, and they really show the skill of the builder as some of them are seamless (Thurgoland road bridge on the closed Woodhead route is one spectacular example). I noticed this one wasn't, but still magnificent non the less.
Oh and Paul’s favorite video is, “The Lost canal in the woods. Sapperton”.
Ohh, that looked so cold. Thanks for taking us along. Paul’s favorite video is the Sapperton Canal video.
I love Rebecca bobble hat! It’s so fluffily
gosh I loved this line. I lived not far from Churn station & still visit it's ruins in the undergrowth for a small picnic.
We are talking about... The Sapperton Canal Tunnel video in all its' glory! :)
Your favourite: Savernake Tunnel Keep the local videos coming we are loving them.