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 !
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 !
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
heading to the arches
turned sharp right here after admiring the arches once more and started academy proper
next bit was twin stoopy box section
after getting past that the culvert joined back up to one again and was a lot higher , easy stroll this section
previous pick looking back then ladder going up
more concrete box then a change to RCP
moving on upstream the sound of water crashing down was getting louder and louder
got past this no problem and on to a manhole
manhole with hardwood handrails ! be putting spindles on next 😆 junction in the manhole gave us our first staircase
WOW this is what we had come to see we climbed the steps to see what was at the top
small diameter brick pipe ahead then a turn of to the right
this next section was hard low ceiling and went on a fair distance
cant say this was fun but got through it then twin RCP awaited us
the one on the right was a dead end
left hand one came in to a chamber then dropped down in size
about turn and back out the way we came in ! back through that stoopy section again
back down the stairs
turning left at the bottom and carrying on upstream we came to another big chamber
another flight of stairs this one a lot steeper than the previous one
looking back down from the top
then looking forward
love underground steps moving up them then looking back downstream