He's going through Standedge Tunnel on this one.

[Kendorr]

 

[MtB]

 

Blimey I thought for a moment this was that lovely chap who paddle-boarded across the Pontywotsit, and was planning to go through Standedge next!!

 

 

 

[Athy]

Have we any idea who he is?

Edited December 24, 2022 by Athy

[MtB]

1 minute ago, Athy said:

Have we any idea whom he is?

 

Who? 

 

The pontywotsit bod or the standedge bod?

[Kendorr]

10 minutes ago, Athy said:

Have we any idea whom he is?

The first video was a highlighted one a few weeks back, he's done 4 different trips, this was an extra,

[Athy]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

 

Who? 

 

The pontywotsit bod or the standedge bod?

The narrator f the film posted above.

[MtB]

14 minutes ago, Athy said:

The narrator f the film posted above.

 

Mike Downie.

 

Hope that helps  

 

 

[jake_crew]

Hes a lucky man.  I've been trying to get a short trip, let alone a solo through trip, for some time.😙

[Athy]

25 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

Mike Downie.

 

Hope that helps  

 

 

Thanks.

It was just that the topic title suggested that it was someone whom we should all recognise, and I didn't.

[MtB]

10 minutes ago, Athy said:

Thanks.

It was just that the topic title suggested that it was someone whom we should all recognise, and I didn't.

 

I got his name from the video!

[Athy]

12 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

I got his name from the video!

cheat cheat cheat...!

Oddly enough I know a chap with almost the same name, Mark Downie, though he's usually known as Marcus Downbeat (he leads a ska band and they tend to have names like that).

[Alway Swilby]

4 minutes ago, Athy said:

cheat cheat cheat...!

Oddly enough I know a chap with almost the same name, Mark Downie, though he's usually known as Marcus Downbeat (he leads a ska band and they tend to have names like that).

What's a ska band?

[droshky]

56 minutes ago, jake_crew said:

Hes a lucky man.  I've been trying to get a short trip, let alone a solo through trip, for some time.😙

We’ve been hanging around since June to get across!

[Mike Tee]

I enjoyed that - its highly unlikely I will ever get the chance to 'do' the tunnel, so I reckon he gave a good taster of what it is like. Makes Blisworth look a bit boring!

[robtheplod]

this is a really good video - very interesting and informative.

[ditchcrawler]

4 hours ago, MtB said:

 

Blimey I thought for a moment this was that lovely chap who paddle-boarded across the Pontywotsit, and was planning to go through Standedge next!!

 

 

 

Same here

[sueb]

We've been told Roger can't go because he uses a wheelchair :-((

[Mac of Cygnet]

Lots of memories there and some familiar faces from my various trips through the tunnel (12 in all).  The electric boats are always slow, though.  My record was 1 hour 20 minutes.  It's quite an experience, but I was always glad to see the approaching light.

[TheBiscuits]

5 hours ago, Alway Swilby said:

What's a ska band?

 

You might consider them a modern beat combo ... Ska (a style of music, originally from Jamaica) has only been around since the 1950's!

[Athy]

14 hours ago, Alway Swilby said:

What's a ska band?

A band which plats ska, the precursor of reggae which was the dominant musical style in Jamaica in the mid-1960s and which was revived some fifteen years later by British groups such as The Specials and Madness.

[Machpoint005]

16 hours ago, Alway Swilby said:

What's a ska band?

 

It's what you wear round your wrist when you go skaing.

 

 

[Tracy D'arth]

21 hours ago, Kendorr said:

 

Better with a hard hat on, he loses the prat cap.