Subterranean roadways, railways, walkways and waterways â discuss?
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I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
my ears pop 
Tunnels and trains 
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Tunnels and trains
I read that as "tunnels and drains" 
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
I remember once playing hide and seek with cousins at my nans house in Whitecrook and hiding in the old fashioned walk in boiler/room/airing cupboard. Nobody could find me and when I eventually decided to show myself the door handle inside the cupboard broke off as I tried to open it and left me trapped in darkness for what seemed like an eternity (possibly 40 minutes lol).
Completely off topicâĶ but my first experience of claustrophobia!
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
my ears pop
Isn't that a pressure thing?
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Cold Sweat:
Subterranean roadways, railways, walkways and waterways â discuss?
Ummmm.....don't mind them....
Me neither!
Originally Posted by Cold Sweat:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
I remember once playing hide and seek with cousins at my nans house in Whitecrook and hiding in the old fashioned walk in boiler/room/airing cupboard. Nobody could find me and when I eventually decided to show myself the door handle inside the cupboard broke off as I tried to open it and left me trapped in darkness for what seemed like an eternity (possibly 40 minutes lol).
Completely off topicâĶ but my first experience of claustrophobia!
I would have been a jibbering wreck after 40 minutes.
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
There's an incredibly long railway tunnel in the Hope Valley that I used to have to go through every week. I'd normally hold my breath but it took about five minutes. Longest five minutes of the journey.
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
There's an incredibly long railway tunnel in the Hope Valley that I used to have to go through every week. I'd normally hold my breath but it took about five minutes. Longest five minutes of the journey.
I don't even like going through the Clyde tunnel and that only takes about a minute!
I hate tunnels - couldn't bear the thought of the chunnel
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
There's an incredibly long railway tunnel in the Hope Valley that I used to have to go through every week. I'd normally hold my breath but it took about five minutes. Longest five minutes of the journey.
I don't even like going through the Clyde tunnel and that only takes about a minute!
I know it's five minutes because I timed it... and I used to count it out in my head.... 'half way there... three quarters...' and I'd panic if they slowed down half way through!
Originally Posted by Rosgirl:
I hate tunnels - couldn't bear the thought of the chunnel
Wild horses wouldn't get me through that.
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Rosgirl:
I hate tunnels - couldn't bear the thought of the chunnel
Wild horses wouldn't get me through that.
We got stuck in Poland when the ash cloud happened and we had to come through the Channel Tunnel to get home. It was the worst journey of my life!
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
There's an incredibly long railway tunnel in the Hope Valley that I used to have to go through every week. I'd normally hold my breath but it took about five minutes. Longest five minutes of the journey.
I don't even like going through the Clyde tunnel and that only takes about a minute!
I know it's five minutes because I timed it... and I used to count it out in my head.... 'half way there... three quarters...' and I'd panic if they slowed down half way through!
I can understand that.
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
There's an incredibly long railway tunnel in the Hope Valley that I used to have to go through every week. I'd normally hold my breath but it took about five minutes. Longest five minutes of the journey.
I don't even like going through the Clyde tunnel and that only takes about a minute!
I know it's five minutes because I timed it... and I used to count it out in my head.... 'half way there... three quarters...' and I'd panic if they slowed down half way through!
I can understand that.
It's quite a common phobia i think - some suffer terribley. The train into Waverley stopped inside the tunnel quite often - i didn't like it, but I could cope, but I remember one day there was a middle aged woman, clinging on to her daughter and sobbing hysterically and whimpering 'why have we stopped? why have we stopped?' . I felt so sorry for her.
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I'm claustrophobic so I'm not keen on tunnels.
There's an incredibly long railway tunnel in the Hope Valley that I used to have to go through every week. I'd normally hold my breath but it took about five minutes. Longest five minutes of the journey.
I don't even like going through the Clyde tunnel and that only takes about a minute!
I know it's five minutes because I timed it... and I used to count it out in my head.... 'half way there... three quarters...' and I'd panic if they slowed down half way through!
I can understand that.
It's quite a common phobia i think - some suffer terribley. The train into Waverley stopped inside the tunnel quite often - i didn't like it, but I could cope, but I remember one day there was a middle aged woman, clinging on to her daughter and sobbing hysterically and whimpering 'why have we stopped? why have we stopped?' . I felt so sorry for her.
Poor woman. It's a horrible phobia - tunnels, lifts, MRI scanners are all a nightmare!
Loads of secret ones under London apparently 
I'd love to see them. There's something fascinating about them...
