Going inside the Ouseburn culvert was a great experience, all 2150ft of it. (but we didn't walk all of it). We started our journey at Ilford Road Metro and stopped off to visit the car park on top of John Lewis in Newcastle for some great views.
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| // Sunshine Rainbow // |
Rooftops are the best thing to explore in cities, just looking over everything is incredible. The John Lewis car park is easy to get to with a beautiful views in every direction. You can see far into the distance as well as immediately down below.
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| // Just Being Really High Up // |
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| // Focus On Other Things // |
The Ouseburn Tunnel is a place that not many people know exists. It runs underneath parts of Newcastle and has been there for years and is large enough for people to walk in. Knowing that people have walked here in the past and knowing that its just you here now is a spectacular feeling. You are walking underneath the city with people and life carrying on above you. There is no natural light in the tunnel so we were walking into a mysterious darkness.
Walking further in the tunnel, whilst listening to the river flowing through the city, we came across a metal structure creating an archway.
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| // Archway To Darkness // |
Inside, every single part of the walls that were reachable were covered in graffiti, some which was amazing. The majority of the graffiti were just tags but we occasionally came across messages that made us stop and think. Since the tunnel was mainly the colours grey and black the graffiti brightened up the tunnel creating a diverse pallet of colour.
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| // Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost // |
When we walked further in, we would come across a structure that had been repeated creating a pattern, this included small tunnels leading off or blocks of stone on the walls.
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| // Best Moments Happen When They Are Unplanned // |
We headed back out after a couple of hours. Once outside, we found some scaffolding which was good to get photographs with the night time background.
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| // Abyss // |
Thank you so much again for reading my blog, leaving comments or sharing it round would mean a lot. I would advise bringing a few torches with you because it is pitch black.You can get guided tours in the culvert at the Victoria Tunnel which is equipped with lights. Thank you to @liam_c1999 and http://labelblog.tumblr.com/ for taking me and being in my pictures, you should check these guys out. Sorry my photography isn't that great but i only had enough light with my little flash on my canon.
JJx
I do not want to encourage trespassing, please be safe and careful.
I do not want to encourage trespassing, please be safe and careful.
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