In the Pennines, maybe in Yorkshire, maybe in Lancashire (it's disputed, as all these things are), there's a short tunnel where a railway carrying coal from a mine long gone used to run. The hill is not high but it is steep, and when you peer into the tunnel you can see the light at the other end, so it makes a tempting short cut.
But don't take it. Scale the hill, even if your legs ache and your lungs burn. There's a beautiful view from the top. Well, a middling view.
If you go through the tunnel, it is a very long walk, and to get to the light that you see at the other end is a longer walk than most people's lives run for, and certainly a longer walk than yours will do, because of the thing that will come out of the walls one hour in.
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