“If you entered a tunnel, you can be sure that the tunnel has at least one exit!”
Mehmet Murat ildan
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“If you entered a tunnel, you can be sure that the tunnel has at least one exit!”
Mehmet Murat ildan
GeoTopoi 
I used to enjoy exploring caves and tunnels, but no longer feel as comfortable in them. I can smell that dank odour and feel the clamminess in your photographs.
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I get you 👌
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A great quote/photo pairing. I love tunnels for they are secret bridges into the unknown.
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Thanks, Rebecca. Yes, the do have a certain mysterious fascination, don’t they?
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You seem to really have a feel for tunnels. This series is so cohesive…the kids on bikes in tunnels are especially nice. And for some reason, the 4th photo really appeals to me.
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Oh, thank you, Lynn! #4 is the same tunnel as that in the selfie of #1. It is known as the “smoke flue adit” as it carried the exhaust gases of an underground steam engine at that slate mine. The slate lining of the adit is somewhat sooty!
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Another new word – adit. Mining is a rough business…I think my Welsh ancestors probably came over here to mine coal but my grandfather, Thomas Colburn Davis, steered clear of it and found other ways to make his way in the New World. When I think of the office he had in a Manhattan skyscraper compared to the coal mines of West Virginia, where he was born, it’s a stark contrast. He gave his kids (my mother & uncle) a better life than they would have had if he’d stayed in WV, and I benefited. But mining was most likely the opportunity that brought his own forebears here in the first place….
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