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To be irritated about DP and the tunnel?

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RockHardCake · 18/03/2024 20:21

DP (we don’t live together) has just moved into a new house. It’s in a right state, needs ridiculous amounts of work doing to it including a whole new heating system (currently just has coal fires in each room!) new bathrooms (of which there are 3) and roofing repairs etc etc - he kind of inherited it but not completely, he has had to pay for it but at a daft price. It’s a listed building with land, pretty isolated.

Anyway! He’s been in there a few weeks and found a tunnel in the basement that was bricked up but the bricks had began to fall apart which is how the tunnel came to light. I found this fascinating and asked where it led and he said he didn’t know. I asked “did you not go in it??” And he said “no, it won’t be anything excited”. Why would you not go in it?? I’m desperate to know where it leads!! I’ve asked him a few times to have a look and he said he has more important things to be doing - I can’t get my head around it!!

im staying there at weekend and I said I’m going to explore the tunnel - he rolled his eyes and said “ffs can you stop fascinating over that stupid tunnel?”

it’s making me quite annoyed

OP posts:
CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 22/03/2024 13:56

I'm so glad I clicked on this thread ! I thought it was going to be something boring about gardening but no Grin

Projectme · 22/03/2024 12:33

ooOOoo!!! This is just like reading a Famous Five novel!!

areyoutheregod · 22/03/2024 12:05

I really hope we get footage of this tunnel now! or is it... tunnels? My imagination is going wild.

Somatosensational · 22/03/2024 12:00

As a child I remember exploring the cellar of a friend's Georgian house which had a tunnel, and which we of course crawled through. The floor was just dirt and there were puddles and random empty bottles. It smelt horrible, had lots of cobwebs and was generally very creepy. I can't remember where it led, maybe we didn't make it all the way. I doubt the tunnel would cave in, I mean it will have been standing for 200 years or so.

HullaBallu · 22/03/2024 11:56

Ngggh, I'm never going to be able to get this thread out of my head now.

Caerulea · 22/03/2024 11:53

OK, repeat after me!

'I am a strong, independent woman! If I want to get squished by falling tunnels, fall into a portal to the nether, get eaten* by zombies or pop up into Mrs Smetherington's cellar unannounced by way of secret tunnel then by GOSH I will darn well do it! No lily livered manthing will stop me!'

Look forward to further updates.

*possibly befriended, no need to stereotype anyone & apologies to any zombie or zombie adjacent people whom I might have offended

BlueEyesBrownHair · 22/03/2024 11:53

Do you have to crawl in there or stoop low? Youll have to go back in. Im intrigued!

areyoutheregod · 22/03/2024 11:37

Wow! what an update, thats quite spooky! He will have to get it looked at for sure. I wonder if you can do a bit of online research into the property and area and its history until then?

sashh · 22/03/2024 11:33

Photos OP?

fromtheshires · 22/03/2024 10:59

RockHardCake · 22/03/2024 10:36

Ok so I went in, it’s really bloody strange and I’m even more intrigued now. The tunnel actually splits in two directions. I’d promised DP I would get the car and that’s it so I couldn’t explore further. The car was stuck on some wooden crate type things and it was really wet down there and smelt awful. He’s going to have to get it looked at professionally but I’m dying to know where it leads. So far the most likely explanation is that the part where the car was leads somewhere into the village (possibly the church?) but the other side is a complete mystery

You're intrigued? So are we! I feel like this needs to be a Youtube Live stream so we can watch the exploration.

From what you have described it sounds like there may be tunnels to other properties or even an escape tunnel from the property to somewhere like a copse.

Forget the smell and scratch our itch @RockHardCake 😂

KnickerlessParsons · 22/03/2024 10:46

Glad you got in and back out safely OP, and thank you for the update.
We are however, all invested in this story now and will need MORE when you do further investigations please!

RockHardCake · 22/03/2024 10:36

Ok so I went in, it’s really bloody strange and I’m even more intrigued now. The tunnel actually splits in two directions. I’d promised DP I would get the car and that’s it so I couldn’t explore further. The car was stuck on some wooden crate type things and it was really wet down there and smelt awful. He’s going to have to get it looked at professionally but I’m dying to know where it leads. So far the most likely explanation is that the part where the car was leads somewhere into the village (possibly the church?) but the other side is a complete mystery

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BlueEyesBrownHair · 22/03/2024 07:48

So what happened? Im fearing the tunnel collapsing with op in there 🥹

TesticularHeft · 22/03/2024 07:48

Oh no. Maybe we should have pushed for no more!

fromtheshires · 22/03/2024 07:29

Marking my place for the update.

Not going to lie, I'd have been down there in a shot. My friend owns an old 16th century pub. There is a cellar as it's been found on radar type things but finding the entrance has been impossible for them. Id have been ripping floors up listed building or not 😂.

There is also talks of smuggling tunnels as the village is a big smuggling area. She just accepts they may or may not be there

MartinaMorningstar · 22/03/2024 07:07

RockHardCake · 20/03/2024 20:56

It went quite some way and then there appeared to be a corner, I sent car around it and then there was a little crash 😂 tried to reverse it but could hear the wheels spinning so it’s clearly got stuck 🤦‍♀️ I’m just going to go in and get it tomorrow, as has been said it’s been there over 100 years by looks of it, I’d have to be bloody unlucky to have it collapse on me now 😂

What did you find op?

ChessieFL · 22/03/2024 06:59

Just marking my place for any tunnel updates!

Projectme · 22/03/2024 06:46

Showed DH the thread. He said 'what's the matter with the man ffs?! Get down that tunnel!!'.

Hope OP proper investigates and updates us.

I'm with the PP that it's a WW2 air raid shelter for the house and other nearby residents.

PenelopeTheShroudWeaver · 22/03/2024 06:41

I'm way too invested in this!

murphys · 22/03/2024 06:31

Can we have a photo please.

LittleMissSleepyUK · 22/03/2024 06:25

for all of us you need to go in the tunnel!!!

SoulMole · 22/03/2024 06:23

RockHardCake · 20/03/2024 20:56

It went quite some way and then there appeared to be a corner, I sent car around it and then there was a little crash 😂 tried to reverse it but could hear the wheels spinning so it’s clearly got stuck 🤦‍♀️ I’m just going to go in and get it tomorrow, as has been said it’s been there over 100 years by looks of it, I’d have to be bloody unlucky to have it collapse on me now 😂

Ooh. I'm East Yorks. Watching with interest. From my 1954 semi.

sashh · 22/03/2024 06:17

Sunnydaysathome · 21/03/2024 18:54

No no no just no. Dont go in it!!! This just reminds me of the nutty putty cave thing in the US 😳

This is a tunnel not a tiny gap in a cave system.

OP Come back.

I'm guessing it is one of the secret telephone exchanges that were built in WWII.

The link is to the Aux units but there were also telephone exchanges, the aux units probably didn't know about.

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Churchills-Secret-Army/

Churchill's Secret Army

The Auxiliary Units were the brainchild of Sir Winston Churchill after the evacuation of Dunkirk. Highly trained and totally secret, their job was to provide resistance to the invading German army...

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Churchills-Secret-Army

EmmaEmerald · 21/03/2024 22:48

Somatosensational · 21/03/2024 22:44

I'm having flashbacks to the Crow thread. That OP also didn't make it.

Oh yeah! Scary stuff.

Somatosensational · 21/03/2024 22:44

I'm having flashbacks to the Crow thread. That OP also didn't make it.