First explore of the year ! Having been busy at work and not taking advantage of a really dry january and feb being a wash out i was chomping at the bit to get something done ! Did the porter culverts along with Megatron in august 2015 but my photos from that day left a lot to be desired fast forward a few years ( nearly 7 ! ) and i was down here again this time on my own at 8 oclock on a sunday morning. Had forgotten what a cracking little explore this is always overshadowed by its neighbour megatron it escapes attention and sneaks under the radar . This time around i came at it from upstream climbing in where the culvert skylights outside decathlon it was a bit of a drop down in to the river porter but once in i walked upstream and got kitted up inside the culvert as building work is now well underway on what looks like a large apartment block of flats
the culvert collapsed here in the car park of decathlon a few years back looks like they have sparred no expense in remedial work must have cost a packet !
the start of the old stone arch section there was a few pigeons roosting in this first section i tell thee gave me a welcome fright lol
this was the state of the roof in august 2015 before the collapse , moving on upstream obligatory shopping trolley pic
kept left as the right hand side was deeper than it looks in the pic
coming out in to the open air bit
back underground looking upstream then looking downstream
waist deep the water here good job i had the chest waders on !
bit cramped in height here tried to walk in the concrete
channel but the flow was that fast was worried i would lose my footing so opted for the safer back ache lol
daylight in sight
looking back downstream concrete rcp coming in on left but no trolley cart today
a welcome bit of fresh air then straight back underground
looking back downstream then a change from blue brick to red
looking downstream now a complete change in style from brick to concrete box
the light in the distance is a ladder going up to an open air grill very clean this section
one of the few pictures from the 23rd of august 2015 that were any good 2 friends and me walked the culvert all the way from Endcliffe park to megatron this is the ladder and grill
like a flooded subway very clean if featureless a nice mix and match these culverts
big area and an old stone arch bridge , next pic looking back downstream
under the stone arch bridge it changed again to red brick
coming out now then climbed out on the last pic
was a climb out here i tell ya ,was easier to get out further upstream but it meant going through a really deep bit so opted to get out here , forgotten how good this explore was enjoyed it thanks for viewing
the culvert collapsed here in the car park of decathlon a few years back looks like they have sparred no expense in remedial work must have cost a packet !
the start of the old stone arch section there was a few pigeons roosting in this first section i tell thee gave me a welcome fright lol
this was the state of the roof in august 2015 before the collapse , moving on upstream obligatory shopping trolley pic
kept left as the right hand side was deeper than it looks in the pic
coming out in to the open air bit
back underground looking upstream then looking downstream
waist deep the water here good job i had the chest waders on !
bit cramped in height here tried to walk in the concrete
channel but the flow was that fast was worried i would lose my footing so opted for the safer back ache lol
daylight in sight
looking back downstream concrete rcp coming in on left but no trolley cart today
a welcome bit of fresh air then straight back underground
looking back downstream then a change from blue brick to red
the light in the distance is a ladder going up to an open air grill very clean this section
one of the few pictures from the 23rd of august 2015 that were any good 2 friends and me walked the culvert all the way from Endcliffe park to megatron this is the ladder and grill
like a flooded subway very clean if featureless a nice mix and match these culverts
big area and an old stone arch bridge , next pic looking back downstream
under the stone arch bridge it changed again to red brick
coming out now then climbed out on the last pic
was a climb out here i tell ya ,was easier to get out further upstream but it meant going through a really deep bit so opted to get out here , forgotten how good this explore was enjoyed it thanks for viewing
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