This wasn't my first visit here Oh no i was here before lockdown ! having done the lower section all the way to the river Don last year i was inspired again by Tarky & Erics post to check out further upstream ,so one winters morning i got kitted up and crawled up the middle tunnel at the start point. The water level was higher back then so it really was quite a stoop to crawl through it to get to the start of the main section where the clay face is on the bridge , only when i got there i was minus my phone and digital camera !
Retracing my steps and crawling on all fours like a man possessed feeling under the freezing water like a blind man through the obnoxious egg stink i managed to locate my phone my camera however was gone ! time to abort mission get back home and dry the phone ( which survived ) round one to the bagley dyke ! I needed a new camera so ordered an olympus TG5 of amazon but before it arrived so did corronavirus so i would be time before a return trip could be undertaken , This time however i had also purchased a zippered bum bag to prevent a repeat performance.
the point where i realised i was without my camera or phone ! the clay face is still there its just obscured by rubbish
this time i hadnt crawled through the very small tunnel but came in at the other side of the road looking upstream from the clay face on the underground bridge
the start of the main explore looking downstream
split in the brickwork tunnel had a nosy down the right one but it was narrow and cramped
big rcp pipe to the left
looking up snapped this manhole on the skew
little culvert to small to crawl ,discharging in to the main culvert
from here onwards it was really cramped like tarky said the pics dont do it justice must have been about 1100mm tall !
this was as far as i got even with knee pads it was a killer will return another day with the drains trolley and push on further on the way back i had a nosy up that rcp pipe in the earlier concrete section
the big rcp soon narrowed to 3 foot diameter pipe but it was almost dry and clean so had a crawl up
a poo room 
exit and entry point
biggest poo room i have been in to date , well thats it i will return and make further progress on this one thanks for watching
Retracing my steps and crawling on all fours like a man possessed feeling under the freezing water like a blind man through the obnoxious egg stink i managed to locate my phone my camera however was gone ! time to abort mission get back home and dry the phone ( which survived ) round one to the bagley dyke ! I needed a new camera so ordered an olympus TG5 of amazon but before it arrived so did corronavirus so i would be time before a return trip could be undertaken , This time however i had also purchased a zippered bum bag to prevent a repeat performance.
the point where i realised i was without my camera or phone ! the clay face is still there its just obscured by rubbish
this time i hadnt crawled through the very small tunnel but came in at the other side of the road looking upstream from the clay face on the underground bridge
split in the brickwork tunnel had a nosy down the right one but it was narrow and cramped
big rcp pipe to the left
looking up snapped this manhole on the skew
little culvert to small to crawl ,discharging in to the main culvert
from here onwards it was really cramped like tarky said the pics dont do it justice must have been about 1100mm tall !
this was as far as i got even with knee pads it was a killer will return another day with the drains trolley and push on further on the way back i had a nosy up that rcp pipe in the earlier concrete section
the big rcp soon narrowed to 3 foot diameter pipe but it was almost dry and clean so had a crawl up
exit and entry point
biggest poo room i have been in to date , well thats it i will return and make further progress on this one thanks for watching
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