A self-confessed 'eccentric' pensioner has spent 30 years digging a huge labyrinth of underground caves 20ft below the garden of his home.
Retired photographer Francis Proctor, 76, from Southport, took three decades to complete his passion project as the entire network was hand-dug by him using spades and shovels.
Mr Proctor, who first purchased his house with his late wife Barbara, more than 50 years ago, initially just wanted to create one room.
He said: 'I wanted to have an underground room that I could travel down to from the garden.
'It was pretty silly, but I got the idea from the Blue John Cavern in Derbyshire.'
