Underground
Yester Castle (with bonus copper mine)
It’s not often you get to explore somewhere that’s rumoured to be around 800 years old. I’ve been intending to visit Yester Castle,[...]
Abandoned Limestone Mine
This was my second mine explore, after exploring a small limestone mine last year. But I knew of a much bigger, more interesting mine and had been intending[...]
Hillhead Tunnel
My first non-Scottish explore (apart from the Manchester underground tour). We ventured just over the border into England for this one, though it was still[...]
Princes Pier Line
Being Scotland’s biggest city as well as the most industrial, it’s not surprising that Glasgow has more disused railway tunnels running under[...]
Glasgow Tunnel Adventure Part 3: Kelvingrove Tunnel
(And St Vincent Crescent Tunnel). In part 2, I followed the route of the disused Glasgow Central Railway on its mostly underground journey from Kelvinbridge[...]
Glasgow Tunnel Adventure Part 2: Botanic Gardens Station
Update: I’ve now created an online 3D model of the station so you can “explore” it from the comfort of your browser. Click here to see[...]
Glasgow Tunnel Adventure Part 1: Kelvinside Station and the Balgray Tunnel
(Chronologically, this was actually the second part of the day, but it’s also by far the less interesting part, so I’m going to write about[...]