Light At The End Of The Tunnel?
It's nice to have a day off today. I've got things still to catch up with, but am hoping to write and record a song or two. I've been flat-out this week trying to get things working for me. Its a fucking mission!
Spoke on messenger with an old housemate of mine who's band are doing some great things now, and there is talk of some solo support slots. I've got this Benn Hall gig coming up soon too. It will be quite a different set-list from what I've played before, plenty of new stuff.
The picture is of one of the ventilation shafts for a rail tunnel under my village at our place in Northamptonshire. I've been going through this tunnel every day this week. This is one of the smaller towers, when it was built it was the longest tunnel in the world. I like the way the light is on this. Hope that you enjoy it.
Might blog here with some new music later today.
Tom.
posted by Tom Matchett @ 8:33 am
2 Comments:
Beautiful photo. I love tunnels. What do you do, walk around in there?
Is the rail system still active?
Very interested in you, Tom. You are a neat young man.
Ryan
No. I've been going on the train through there. Its the Kilsby Tunnel. Named after the village where I live, it was built by Robert Stephenson...who was the son of George who built the Rocket, the first locomotive steam engine. He lived in the village for a bit.
I've been going through it on the way to London and on the way back everyday this week.
When they built it, the Irish Navigators or Navvies as they were known used to live in the fields there and when drunk, dare each other to jump over the shaft. Quite a few of them didn't make it...and the story goes that they haunt the fields there now.
Thanks for the comments.
Peace.
Tom.
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