Combe Down Tunnel - on its approach from the south, there's a bit of a cutting, and the Two Tunnels route there has a bit of a puddle and wet bed as the tunnel drain has managed to block itself. (Preparations for jetting the drain are in progress.)

Sometime in the late seventies/early eighties, I've a  recollection of visiting and across the cutting, there were works under way, and a big ramp of soil blocked the cutting about half way to the tunnel - the work for some reason I'm thinking was connected with a pipeline construction. I recall gazing at it and thinking 'Well that puts a stop to doing anything useful with the route'. Visiting again some time later, the earthwork had gone, the cutting returned to its previous state. I'm now wondering if I imagined this though. There *is* what looks like an 11Kv electricity supply crossing at the appropriate place, but that's on poles and installing it wouldn't have needed earthworks there. Perhaps I've simply imagined seeing this temporary earthwork - or perhaps someone else also recalls this event.

Mark