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Report - Pellipar Burn Dungiven 7/8/2018

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cjdonnelly

Tunnelmaster
28DL Full Member
The Pellipar Burn is a sort of lost or forgotten river in Dungiven Northern Ireland it is considered a drain eventhough its a river beacause most of the stormwater or sewage from the town run into the river in dry weather its more of a trickle but in wet condition or in the winter months it changes
dramatically it can gets very deep and loud. i do apologise for the crappy phone quality my good one broke the one i used to do the largantogher brook tunnel
anyways we start of on the garvagh road culvert with has a 6 foot concrete pipe tunnel that runs under it.
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This is the culvert that runs under Garvagh road

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On we go from the bridge note the wee toy cooker in the water.

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just a few shots of the brook.
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disgusting grey sewage pollution

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An old bike washed and half buried in silt must have been there a long time
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Giant Rhubarb like plant dont know the name of it though well from here the burn runs towards and into what we have all been waiting for.
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A Tunnel an old victorian brick one to make it even better but only for a short bit
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looking back to the brick section
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an old pram in the brick section
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The outlet behind the car park beside the now abandoned murphys bar.
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a really shitty picture of an abandoned supervalu trolley
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Behind the car park now in a forest
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In the forest section
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another shopping trolley this one must have been here a while.
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further down the river with the big new street bridge in the background the size of this bridge is unbelievable
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The Newbridge i believe that it once was a railway bridge and likely was.
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Close up
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Everytime is see it i cant believe the size of it its anout 40 foot or so for certain.
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Note this picture was taken in may i forgot to take a picture of this tunnel i did explore it but most of the pictures were not that good i will show you some of them but i am exploring this again tommorow so better shots then
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manhole chamber
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Sump Hole Chamber Before The Outfall.

water gully inlet
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Inside The Tunnel Looking At The Inlet
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The Burn Emerges from under the bridge at pellipar lane a much older tunnel this is my great grannies bridge she lives next to it
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And here is the old bridge that the burn runs under
here is a few photos

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Here it is in flood conditions it can get bigger though
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just another picture
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Here is it in wet and winter conditions
thanks for looking.
 

tallginge

more tall than ginger tho.....
Regular User
aye im using a shitty phone you know my old one fell in the river in my town maghera thanks for replying
That happens if you do enough drains! Get a waterproof phone if yer can, then don't drop yer camera!
 

cjdonnelly

Tunnelmaster
28DL Full Member
it wasnt a drain thet the phone fell in it was a small river / stream but i do enjoy this here thanks for replying
 

ChrisyJohnyBoy

28DL Member
28DL Member
I do remember this explore quite a few years back now problem is I was using quite possibly the shittiest phone in existence at that time I do plan to re explore the burn and its culverts and bridges at a later date only with my new Canon Eos 4000d for some crisp pics might try some light painting shots within the tunnels.
 

ChrisyJohnyBoy

28DL Member
28DL Member
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Recent pic I took of the Big Tunnel

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Stretch approaching New Bridge I took these with my new canon camera need a tripod before I do the re explore again
 

Bikin Glynn

28DL Regular User
Regular User
Decent external pics, but yh get a tripod & practice using long exposures. tbh wet underground stuff is hardest to photograph, I rarely take my camera in a mine these days its just too much hassle
 

ChrisyJohnyBoy

28DL Member
28DL Member
Decent external pics, but yh get a tripod & practice using long exposures. tbh wet underground stuff is hardest to photograph, I rarely take my camera in a mine these days its just too much hassle
True a tripod would be useful for some sure fire great shots only recently got it for photography and practicing trying it on different settings including inside tunnels and dark places the tripod is a must for sure
 
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