Going underground

 The mysterious world under your feet.

The subterranean world is brilliant and you never know what you might find. I reckon it's a great option for those of us looking for some peace and privacy.

Takes a little getting used to because sounds travel in a certain way. Once you get used to it, nobody can creep up on you and if someone didn't want to be found, it would be just the place. Anyone trying to find them but not used to it, would be totally lost because it's hard to know exactly where a sound is coming from or how near it is. Also, it's easy to lose a sense of direction. 

Best to take a map and a compass if you go exploring. Many places are closed off, but there's usually an outlet somewhere and you can get in that way.

I lived near a pub a while back, that was the halfway point between the Scottish border and London. So prisoners being transported to the city would be locked in their cellar dungeon. It's widely believed to be haunted. I did my share of haunting that bar and their excellent veggie carvery. 

There's tons of subway that's either disused or never got used. Old sewers and a mass of not-so-secret secret subterranean weapons bases. Tons of bomb shelters from various times and various shapes and sizes are all still there. When Catholicism was rejected but Catholics had their own ideas about it, wealthier people would have a priest come to perform mass at their home. "priest holes" are all over those old houses...places to shove your forbidden clergy, but some actually have escape tunnels too. 

There's loads I haven't had a chance to look at. There must be other people into exploring this hidden world with knowledge of ways in. We don't get earth quakes so they're pretty safe. 

If we could establish an alternative underground community, maybe we could evolve into "mole people". 

I don't fancy those sewers still in use though. It's not the potential of rats, ninja turtles, alligators or even monster poos. It's the dreaded fatburg!!!!

https://youtu.be/C0F8qWFL0_M

  Useful links:

🔗https://www.loveexploring.com/galleries/68772/underground-britain-things-to-do-beneath-the-surface

🔗https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20201005-the-uks-rumoured-subterranean-network

🔗https://listverse.com/2023/05/27/10-truly-unsettling-underground-places-in-the-uk/

 

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