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Into the darkness

Goes the brightest lights

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Geoff Talbot
Apr 06, 2026
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I was walking through a dark tunnel.

Following an old railway line through an ancient gold mine in a desolate part of New Zealand.

It was pitch black.

The old track was drenched in fresh water that seeped through the solid rock cavern above me.

My boots squelched as I tentatively plodded through the darkness.

I was torchless. I was trusting the old track…

And…

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