Been on my to do list for to long, so come sunday as i was up stupidly early i decided to have a ride out on the motorbike and finally get it done . Had been having a look on maps and was alerted to a possible culvert starting in the town centre were the river Ribble meets the river Holme . Arriving at the town centre for 6.40 am it was by no means quiet people were about there daily business so i had to chose my moment to jump over the wall next to the old picture house and get kitted up !
inside the concrete box culvert not sure why they decided it needed windows lol
looking upstream i then turned left under the steel props ( looks like some building work was taking place )
river Ribble flowing down the steps in to the river Holme this was bang under the town centre
standing at the top of the steps looking downstream (sorry about the over exposure on the pics ) i then had a walk upstream but it was never anymore than small bridges and a small culvert finally dividing in to 2 small in height culverts that i could see light at the ends of so unfortunately it was a no show
this culvert was about the best of the bunch before i called it a day under the holmfirth dyers , dont think theres anymore upstream well nothing major had to walk back past the beer garden of the nook pub must have been seen lol and finally back out the way i climbed in got back on bike and rode up to the next culvert
the start or outflow of washpit mill culvert , no having to mess about here parked up top and just strolled in
inside looking upstream then looking back
steps ! love stuff like this
right hand channel could do with unblocking , brickwork sides with concrete block and beam roof
brick arches then became brick pillars
brickwork now turned in to a stone arch bridge
looking upstream then looking downstream
love underground old bridges , looking now upstream , things got a bit more messy for want of a better description lol
the blocks in the roof could do with sorting ! having viewed previous explores its obvious some deterioration has taken place
had a quick nosy up here it leads outside
looking downstream again it was quite a climbing frame lol
view upstream then looking downstream
the end in sight
another underground old bridge
think that RSJ ( metal girder ) has seen better days lol
well thats it, a cracking explore really enjoyed this one thanks for watching
inside the concrete box culvert not sure why they decided it needed windows lol
looking upstream i then turned left under the steel props ( looks like some building work was taking place )
river Ribble flowing down the steps in to the river Holme this was bang under the town centre
standing at the top of the steps looking downstream (sorry about the over exposure on the pics ) i then had a walk upstream but it was never anymore than small bridges and a small culvert finally dividing in to 2 small in height culverts that i could see light at the ends of so unfortunately it was a no show
this culvert was about the best of the bunch before i called it a day under the holmfirth dyers , dont think theres anymore upstream well nothing major had to walk back past the beer garden of the nook pub must have been seen lol and finally back out the way i climbed in got back on bike and rode up to the next culvert
the start or outflow of washpit mill culvert , no having to mess about here parked up top and just strolled in
inside looking upstream then looking back
steps ! love stuff like this
right hand channel could do with unblocking , brickwork sides with concrete block and beam roof
brick arches then became brick pillars
brickwork now turned in to a stone arch bridge
looking upstream then looking downstream
love underground old bridges , looking now upstream , things got a bit more messy for want of a better description lol
the blocks in the roof could do with sorting ! having viewed previous explores its obvious some deterioration has taken place
had a quick nosy up here it leads outside
looking downstream again it was quite a climbing frame lol
view upstream then looking downstream
the end in sight
another underground old bridge
think that RSJ ( metal girder ) has seen better days lol
well thats it, a cracking explore really enjoyed this one thanks for watching
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