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Report - Academy . Bradford , June 2023

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jezzyboo

28DL Regular User
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Teaming up once more with Nuboid we returned once more to that Mecca of drains Bradford . This was our 4th visit up here basically to finish up the main system . Our entry point was were we bailed out after doing the arches so please excuse me if the first pics are a bit of a repeat !

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one change from last time was the insertion of oval almost egg shaped blue plastic pipes where the twin box section was these must have been put in for strengthing purposes and they have been concreted around as well !
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looks photogenic but slippery as an otters pocket and only about 1200mm high was a bit of a pain to get through thankfully not to long
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heading to the arches
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turned sharp right here after admiring the arches once more and started academy proper
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next bit was twin stoopy box section
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after getting past that the culvert joined back up to one again and was a lot higher , easy stroll this section
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previous pick looking back then ladder going up
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more concrete box then a change to RCP
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moving on upstream the sound of water crashing down was getting louder and louder
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got past this no problem and on to a manhole
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manhole with hardwood handrails ! be putting spindles on next 😆 junction in the manhole gave us our first staircase
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WOW this is what we had come to see we climbed the steps to see what was at the top
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small diameter brick pipe ahead then a turn of to the right
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this next section was hard low ceiling and went on a fair distance
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cant say this was fun but got through it then twin RCP awaited us
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the one on the right was a dead end
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left hand one came in to a chamber then dropped down in size
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about turn and back out the way we came in ! back through that stoopy section again :eek:
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back down the stairs
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turning left at the bottom and carrying on upstream we came to another big chamber
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another flight of stairs this one a lot steeper than the previous one
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looking back down from the top
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then looking forward
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love underground steps moving up them then looking back downstream
 

jezzyboo

28DL Regular User
Regular User
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then looking forward again

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big CSO ahead
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inside the box did whiff a bit lol
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there was a side tunnel coming in clean river water
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had a nosy up but it was old construction inside and diddnt look to clever
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back down the steps and the long journey back out
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long march back
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if we were ever in doubt where we had just been :D
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and back out in to the daylight , well another cracking explore we where around 2 hours underground Bradford for me is the mecca of drainage have really enjoyed the system up here thanks for taking the time to view :thumb
 

Calamity Jane

i see beauty in the unloved, places & things
Regular User
This is quite something. Thats a great system covering lots of different builds. Great job, very interesting report. With lots of character
 

TheVicar

Loyal to the Drain
Regular User
Good report and lots of pics, many of which I don't recall as it was well over 10 years ago since I last set foot in there. :thumb
Really must pay Bradford a visit soon, needs a couple of days to look at it all properly.
 
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