Clifton Rocks Railway

A secret railway? Hidden in the rock? Abandoned since WWII? Intriguing. So when I heard the Clifton Rocks Railway, billed as the only underground cliff railway in the world, was open for one of only two days this year I decided it was worth a look. Sadly the Banksy effect seemed to have taken hold, and the queue snaked round the corner and down the road. Time to head to front of the queue and peer over the railings instead. Would queuing be worth it? Hard to tell. To one side, a man is talking to a crowd, reeling off slightly too many Rocks Railway facts. To the other, erm, not a lot. The start of a railway? A brick wall? A friend asks one of the enthusiastic volunteers what else there is to see. Yes, the talk. Yes, the start of the railway. Anything else? A display board. We head to a patch of grass to lounge in the sun. Sometimes it's best if secrets stay that way.