Finding new walks for the dog is always a challenge. The very wet weather has turned our “dog field” into a quagmire and bits of the towpath walks are no better. So where to go? We like the country park at Daventry and have been investigating the Brampton Valley Way – a 14 mile ex-railway track between Northampton & Market Harborough. We decided to visit the section at Great Oxendon – as it had a tunnel!!
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Nice little website dedicated to the tunnel – including a gallery of photos – the last shows a train in 1981!
http://www.greatoxendontunnel.co.uk/welcome.html
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What they didn’t tell us is that is controlled by aliens …
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Don’t go in Steve … . oh, no, a beam of light appears … .
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Oh no … first to get beamed up is Toby …
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And then Steve!!
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Then they were back – but were they the same????
Who could really tell … .