I remember trying to walk through what I think was Catesby tunnel, certainly an ex GCR tunnel close to the then Badby Youth Hostel c1983. There were of course various obstructions and hazards including drainage holes. Not a sensible venture at all. Several of the girls opted to go over the top on a footpath. The males, pretty much all of them under 25 pressed on.
One of our number was an older bloke, Mike 40+, who wasn't quite the full shilling. Like Cyril Heslop in Porridge he was always a bit behind the flow. Lived with his Mum and Dad and swept the floors at a factory.
About half way through each of the rest of us perceived an oddity on the floor and broke step to avoid it, Mike went straight down. The hole wasn't that deep and his worst injury was that he'd bitten through his lip.
Managed to cart him out and somebody took him to hospital in Northampton where he was stitched up.
It was a bit embarrassing dropping him back at his Mum's and explaining why he was a bit of a mess.
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