http://www.blackmountainsite.co.uk/bbpress/ BlackMountainSite Forum » Tag: forest - Recent Topics en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:11:18 +0000 http://www.blackmountainsite.co.uk/bbpress/topic/empty-land-above-tunnels#post-7 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:34:36 +0000 Sparhawk 7@http://www.blackmountainsite.co.uk/bbpress/ <p>Here's something that has been bugging me for a while, I notice that the land directly above the course of tunnels is often empty, when the land all around is planted with trees (leaving a clear strip through the forest marking the course of the tunnel). I've always guessed that this is something to do with land ownership; the rail companies owning the land vertically above the tunnels and the tree-people not having the right to plant on it... anyone got any other theories, or know the reason? </p>