This is it, the big one, where I finally get to tumble down the 'rabbit hole' that is Harecastle Tunnel, on the Trent & Mersey canal - long, dark, low and mysterious, this tunnel even comes with it's own ghost !!
Before I can experience this fabled (and often feared) historic landmark, I must first climb a set of 5 locks, where I then moor for the week at Kidsgrove.
The following weekend, I'm finally all set to tackle one final lock and where shortly afterwards, I can stop for the night at the tunnel's waiting area.
Early next morning, I take the plunge and reluctantly take the lead in a convoy of two other boats.
With the tunnels southern-end doors closed I have, for the first time, no 'light' to journey towards, instead relying on the basic assumption that the tunnel 'must' eventually come to an end . . .
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