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YouTube star spent years digging a secret underground tunnel between his house and his workshop before he applied for planning permission.Colin Furze said despite one authority expressing fears of subsidence, it was easier to get permission for the large tunnel after the majority of it had already been built. The Lincolnshire star has been documenting the project on his YouTube channel, which has nearly 12 million subscribers, and focuses on his big projects and wacky inventions, which have included everything from a hot tub BWW to a triple bath and slide.Starting in 2018, this is one of the 42-year-old's biggest projects, and has seen the construction of a 1.2 metre wide by two metre high tunnel to link the workshop at his Stamford home to his house.

inventor has spent two years digging a tunnel three metres deep and 12 metres long under his garden just so he won’t get wet walking to his shed.The bizarre project, designed to connect his shed to his house, is the brainchild of inventor and YouTuber Colin Furze.He has worked on the remarkable back-breaking project for months removing an astonishing three-and-a-half tonnes of rubble a day.The 42-year-old, whose digging videos have each attracted more than six million views, has now finally connected the tunnel to his house in Lincolnshire and says it one of the most enjoyable projects he has ever done.He said: “It’s been one of the most talked about projects on my channel.“It’s a very cool project, everyone likes the idea of digging tunnels,” said Colin.“I do the projects that people really want to do but don’t have the time or money to actually make happen.“I’m very lucky as it’s quicker to open my back door and walk to my shed, but it’s much more fun to use an underground tunnel and it means you don’t get wet if it’s raining.”Colin started the tunnel under his shed floor in November 2018 and it took him around a year to dig down to three-and-a-half metres deep, working on it when his neighbours were out so it wasn’t too noisy.He used a shovel and a bucket with a pulley system to hoist the rubble out of the hole as it got deeper.He re-started the tunnel in March last year, using hydraulics to dig sideways through the earth and rock and aided by his mates Rick Simpson and Tom Lamb.As the tunnel got longer Colin even built a small mine cart and track to help transport the rubble out of the hole.He explained: “We had to dig the whole thing by hand as the tunnel goes underneath the foundations of my shed, garage and

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