Teaming up with Nuboid again , We decided to have a look at bradford our first visit up there , now we had both been looking on maps at this ( me at the infall and nuboid at the outflow ) but with him having done a reccy up there and finding a way in we started downstream we parked up near canal road and dropped in to the culvert with the aid of a bit of rope quite away downstream . The culvert floor was a U shaped channel with quite a flow in the middle considering how dry its been of late so we kept to the edges were it was also very slippery underfoot with us both going over , me going down quite hard breaking my head torch and bending the tripod ( i felt that next morning i tell thee ) after a fair walk we reached the start point
phone pic as we haddnt got kitted up yet, then in to the culvert had a spot of bother getting the camera to work and at first i thought that might be another casualty of me falling on my rucksack earlier but after replacing the battery and finally inserting it correctly we were up and running . Phew !!!
no stooping here the twin arches linked up to twin concrete box sections just after the curve lovely brickwork
coming back in to the daylight it was the start of the old stone arch section
we started of in the middle tunnel but then moved out in to the one on the right as the flow was less and it was easier to navigate
all 3 tunnels were interlinked with small access openings , after a while in the right hand tunnel we came across an opening
6 foot tall brick pipe both openings linked together
very misty in here with lots of calcite build up after a time we arrived at the end
concrete CSO back out in to the main tunnel
looking down the 2nd pipe out of the mist , there were lots of small inlets and tunnels on this explore but we stayed on the main track as its a long way and we had tp make progress
the right hand tunnel was blocked of here so back in to the middle tunnel
end in sight then looking back on were we had been
then looking forward
2 options here we kept right
mrs duck and her chicks who unwillingly got caught up in our explore they ran away from us all the way to the big ramp but they were unharmed and made there way back out
nuboid on the incline section
start of the round tunnel section given how deep we were underground this must have been done with a tunnel boring machine the big chamber further evidence of that , very easy underfoot it was just as well as this is a very long section , Nuboid clocked up over 15000 steps on the explore so it was deffo my longest explore to date
main chamber
up the steps
looking back down the pipe then looking up
wow biggest manhole ive ever seen ! walking on upstream there were about 4 of these smaller manholes branching of
up a few steps to the bottom of each one then looking upwards
5 level manhole must have been about 30m underground !
after a long time with us both wondering how much further the culvert went ! A change in styles happened with these concrete kerbs just before the start of the main ramp
it was at this point we finally managed to get past the ducks ! Up the ramp on the dry sections was no problem but we had to crawl out at the top
top of ramp then looking back down it , yes it was that steep !
another big manhole chamber
twin box section going forward in to the day light there was also a spur off to the left which we diddnt have time to investigate
outside in to the daylight we were between preston street and thornton road
only a very short section out in the open air looking downstream, continued
phone pic as we haddnt got kitted up yet, then in to the culvert had a spot of bother getting the camera to work and at first i thought that might be another casualty of me falling on my rucksack earlier but after replacing the battery and finally inserting it correctly we were up and running . Phew !!!
no stooping here the twin arches linked up to twin concrete box sections just after the curve lovely brickwork
coming back in to the daylight it was the start of the old stone arch section
we started of in the middle tunnel but then moved out in to the one on the right as the flow was less and it was easier to navigate
all 3 tunnels were interlinked with small access openings , after a while in the right hand tunnel we came across an opening
6 foot tall brick pipe both openings linked together
very misty in here with lots of calcite build up after a time we arrived at the end
concrete CSO back out in to the main tunnel
looking down the 2nd pipe out of the mist , there were lots of small inlets and tunnels on this explore but we stayed on the main track as its a long way and we had tp make progress
the right hand tunnel was blocked of here so back in to the middle tunnel
end in sight then looking back on were we had been
then looking forward
2 options here we kept right
mrs duck and her chicks who unwillingly got caught up in our explore they ran away from us all the way to the big ramp but they were unharmed and made there way back out
nuboid on the incline section
start of the round tunnel section given how deep we were underground this must have been done with a tunnel boring machine the big chamber further evidence of that , very easy underfoot it was just as well as this is a very long section , Nuboid clocked up over 15000 steps on the explore so it was deffo my longest explore to date
main chamber
up the steps
looking back down the pipe then looking up
wow biggest manhole ive ever seen ! walking on upstream there were about 4 of these smaller manholes branching of
up a few steps to the bottom of each one then looking upwards
5 level manhole must have been about 30m underground !
after a long time with us both wondering how much further the culvert went ! A change in styles happened with these concrete kerbs just before the start of the main ramp
it was at this point we finally managed to get past the ducks ! Up the ramp on the dry sections was no problem but we had to crawl out at the top
top of ramp then looking back down it , yes it was that steep !
another big manhole chamber
twin box section going forward in to the day light there was also a spur off to the left which we diddnt have time to investigate
outside in to the daylight we were between preston street and thornton road
only a very short section out in the open air looking downstream, continued
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