Report - River Hipper - Chesterfield, April 2013

[paulpowers]

I've been dipping in out out of the Hipper for a while looking for a spot that Vicar took a pic of a while ago River Hipper - Chesterfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Every few months I'll be driving past and dip in for a look, I still haven't found that one but I have found quite a few others, most are box culverts

The River Hipper is a tributary of the River Rother in Derbyshire, England. Its source is a large expanse of wetlands, fed by the surrounding moors between Chatsworth and Chesterfield, known as the Hipper Sick on Beeley Moor, which is part of the Chatsworth Estate. It then passes through Holymoorside and down into Chesterfield, just south of the town centre, before flowing into the River Rother. In July 2007 parts of Chesterfield flooded when the River Hipper overtopped its banks during a substantial storm that caused extensive flooding in North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.

The river flows through the concrete prefab box until every hundred yards is hits a section with a grill over the top

I guess they can be classed as a feature

 

[Luke Stanmore]

Sorry for the resurrection.... This is the only thread I found when I searched "Chesterfield".
I'm revisiting this stretch of the river sometime soon, I know the location of the photo by the Vicar if that's still of interest/you never found it... I started out at the same place as you by the supermarket, and then walked probably not far off a mile in the river, only climbed out when it was ridiculously deep (oh, and the surprisingly big and dangerous looking waterfall). The place you re looking far is by a certain park downstream, its amazing under there. If you know what's above you, you would never believe it! Its huge!
If you want any more info (if this even gets read!) let me know.

 

[Punk]

Good stuff, you've got some really crisp shots. Cheers for sharing

 

[paulpowers]

Yeah cool, just bob a link over Luke.

I'm not sure when I'll be in the area again as I work all over the country and don't know where I am from one day to the next

 

[Luke Stanmore]

It's here, https://goo.gl/60NMb9. Judging by googles (probably highly inaccurate) it's 70m long! It's also a confluence (meeting) of the two rivers underground. The stretch along the back of Wickes is pretty interesting too, but I'd not like to enter that one walking upstream, much easier to walk down to it. The pictured section however, has a lot of different access points which are all pretty easy!
Again, if you need anything else let me know, sounds like you have an interesting job/lifestyle!

 

[Miss Mayhem]

Very nice, good stuff

 

[FreshFingers]

Yeah cool, just bob a link over Luke.

I'm not sure when I'll be in the area again as I work all over the country and don't know where I am from one day to the next

Rest assured, where ever he may be, he'll be naked in a tunnel somewhere

 

[Luke Stanmore]

naked

Should I be worried?!! Maybe I wont be going back down there!

 

[paulpowers]

Rest assured, where ever he may be, he'll be naked in a tunnel somewhere

I've mentioned getting naked at a couple of meets and no one ever seems up for it

 

[FreshFingers]

It's the twinkle in your eye as you roll down your waders, whip out the talc and then suggest gettin' nekid

 

[Stopford_lad]

If he's not skinny dipping in drainz..he's running round fuel depots dressed as a tellytubby. Not that theres anything wrong with that though

 

[Luke Stanmore]

dressed as a tellytubby

Im liking that! I've opted for the Toystory Alien myself!

 

[paulpowers]

If he's not skinny dipping in drainz..he's running round fuel depots dressed as a tellytubby. Not that theres anything wrong with that though

We still need to sort that out

 

[The Shepshed Diamondback]

Love the water out the pipe shot, good report.

 

[Luke Stanmore]

Went for a wander on Friday night, lovely evening for it, loads of midges and attacking kamikaze though!