Latest Images by Bill Blair http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 2009-11-28T19:09:29GMT text/html 2008-09-07T16:18:44GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.455184 -2.478056 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/953625 The statue of Neptune in Warmley Gardens, otherwise known as the "Warmley Giant". One of the earliest concrete statues in the country, dating from around the middle of the 18th century. text/html 2008-09-07T16:12:59GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.453744 -2.478329 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/953613 View inside Warmley grotto, taken on August Bank Holiday open day. text/html 2008-07-14T22:05:21GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.831385 -2.558508 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/883283 Northern portal of the 242yd Mirystock tunnel on the old Severn and Wye, closed in the 1960s, buried under huge amounts of spoil in the 1970s and recently re-excavated (2007?), apparently with the help of money from the National Lottery. text/html 2006-09-20T03:54:57GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.598766 -2.502374 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243897 Southern portal of the 168yd, single track Thornbury Tunnel on the former Midland Railway line between Thornbury and Tytherington. At the time the photograph was taken, the tunnel was open at both ends; it has now been infilled at the northern end and blocked by a concrete wall about 20yds in under the A38 at the southern end. text/html 2006-09-20T03:48:04GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.663667 -2.652011 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243896 Supplemental to the existing geograph, the southern portal of the now disused 1188yd, single track Tidenham Tunnel on the former GW line between Netherhope Halt and Tintern, taken from the site of the former Netherhope Halt in 1980. text/html 2006-09-20T03:41:17GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.682633 -3.118039 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243895 Eastern portal of the 280yd, single track Glyn tunnel on the former GW line between Hafodyrynys and Crumlin Jcn, photographed in 1980. When the photo was taken the western portal had already been buried. Subsequently, this end has also been infilled and buried beneath a whole lot of landscaping - which might excuse the poor quality of the photo, taken in early evening and a lot of Welsh weather! text/html 2006-09-20T03:34:19GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.662308 -3.341643 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243894 Eastern portal of the 703yd, double track Quaker's Yard tunnel on the former GW line between Penrhiwceiber and Quaker's Yard (High Level), taken in 1981. The white dot to the left of the tunnel mouth is my mate Dave, who didn't fancy the climb up the embankment to take the photo! text/html 2006-09-20T03:28:32GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.653217 -3.633381 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243893 Western portal of the 169yd, single track Gelli tunnel on the former Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway between Caerau and Cymmer, photographed in 1980. The site was relatively unchanged apart from the growth of a lot of undergrowth and saplings when I revisited it in 2005. text/html 2006-09-20T03:23:33GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 52.221277 -1.227042 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243892 Supplemental to the geograph already submitted, here is the same airshaft from below ground. 15ft in diameter, it was the largest shaft, and the only one to be sunk in the northern half of the tunnel due to restrictions imposed by the owner of Catesby House, under whose grounds the tunnel passed. The 1m 1240yd tunnel, on the former Great Central Railway between Charwelton and Braunston & Willoughby, was opened in 1840 and closed on 3 September 1966. Photo from 1979. text/html 2006-09-20T03:15:11GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.919899 -2.077016 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243891 Supplementary to the geograph already submitted, here is a photograph taken in 1980 of the southern portal of the 97yd, double track Hunting Butts tunnel on the former GW line between Cheltenham (St James) and Bishop's Cleeve. text/html 2006-09-20T03:11:06GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.862147 -2.235202 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243890 The former Gloucester Eastgate Station, photographed before closure some time in the 1970s on my first instamatic camera! text/html 2006-09-20T03:04:00GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.768545 -2.537589 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243889 Bang on the gridline this one!! Southern portal of the 503yd, single track Moseley Green tunnel on the former Severn and Wye Junction Railway between Tuft's Junction and Serridge Junction, photographed in 1983. text/html 2006-09-20T02:58:30GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.794823 -2.672752 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243888 Northern portal of the 66yd, single track tunnel on the former GW line between Monmouth and Newland, photographed in 1980. This lies to the NE of the longer, 264yd Lower Redbrook tunnel (SO534106) on the same line. Thanks to Peter Dean for pointing out my error in initially assigning the wrong grid ref. Both tunnels lie in the same grid square, and the photo was taken 25 years ago, so forgive the confusion! text/html 2006-09-20T02:54:35GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 51.807586 -3.121129 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243887 Western portals of the twin-bore Clydach tunnels on the former LNW line between Gelli-Felen and Clydach, taken in 1980. The picture features the 330yd New (Up) tunnel, with the original 302yd Down tunnel to the left. Nothing much had changed when I revisited the site in 2005. text/html 2006-09-20T02:48:24GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7580 Bill Blair 52.330781 -3.529084 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243886 Southern portal of the 372yd, single track tunnel on the former Cambrian Railways line between Rhayader and St Harmon's, photographed in 1981.