Revisit with a better camera.
A little bit different this time, as the easy access now has a housing estate above it. We have been in the past, but only with a digital camera, I wanted to try and document this amazing and pretty long double culvert better this time round, as its only a 10 minute walk from my house
After choosing probably the worst way in, we dropped in a manhole that was probably 7 feet onto slippy flooring, no ladders at all. Climbing back out was also interesting. A mixture of slippy and steamy but a really fun few hours underground!
The 'top' of the drain starts with the Walshaw Brook rolling through, down lots of of RCP but with a few brick sections. There are a lot of inspection chambers for a rest, as the sections in between are stoopy. Thankfully it seems to have been cleaned out a bit since they built above it.
This then reaches a very stoopy section which opens up into amazing stonework, complete with mineral buildup. The Elton Brook infalls from the right, through a short RCP section, and downstream is the bucket on a rope. It soon gets real misty, through a lot of red brickwork sections, eventually leading to a very stoopy coit where we saw a monster perch, but sadly had to end our journey. I apologise for the mist in some of the pictures, but it was picking up some of the torchlight.
Walshaw Brook infall
Elton Brook joining the Walshaw Brook
Construction Shaft.. oh how i wish I had a wider angle lens
We tried to carry the ladders for an easy climb back out but they wouldnt fit round the corners, going upstream :crazy
A little bit different this time, as the easy access now has a housing estate above it. We have been in the past, but only with a digital camera, I wanted to try and document this amazing and pretty long double culvert better this time round, as its only a 10 minute walk from my house
After choosing probably the worst way in, we dropped in a manhole that was probably 7 feet onto slippy flooring, no ladders at all. Climbing back out was also interesting. A mixture of slippy and steamy but a really fun few hours underground!
The 'top' of the drain starts with the Walshaw Brook rolling through, down lots of of RCP but with a few brick sections. There are a lot of inspection chambers for a rest, as the sections in between are stoopy. Thankfully it seems to have been cleaned out a bit since they built above it.
This then reaches a very stoopy section which opens up into amazing stonework, complete with mineral buildup. The Elton Brook infalls from the right, through a short RCP section, and downstream is the bucket on a rope. It soon gets real misty, through a lot of red brickwork sections, eventually leading to a very stoopy coit where we saw a monster perch, but sadly had to end our journey. I apologise for the mist in some of the pictures, but it was picking up some of the torchlight.
Walshaw Brook infall
Elton Brook joining the Walshaw Brook
Construction Shaft.. oh how i wish I had a wider angle lens
We tried to carry the ladders for an easy climb back out but they wouldnt fit round the corners, going upstream :crazy
