Report - Sidedraft, Manchester, July 2014

[stranton]

This is one of 7 culverts along the Gore brook,
passes beneath the railway.

side shaft

part of draining network

stranton

 

[Snake Oil]

nicely done, this is the only one I've not done on Gore Brook and it looks the most inviting

 

[Ojay]

The outfall is a ball ache, I only ever went down that last stretch once, never again

 

[Nickindroy]

The outfall is a ball ache, I only ever went down that last stretch once, never again

Yeh, inky water, fucking stank when we went, was glad to see the light. Nice one Strant, one of the more photogenic sections.

 

[Rik UE]

Looks a nice explore, nice photographs

I have yet to get myself down a drain, culvert or a sewer, might try the Luton culvert soon!

 

[Stopford_lad]

ah Sidedraft, my nemesis...love this drain but as Ojay says, hate the outfall and the MASSIVE holes near the shit-pipe that swallowed me and the camera whole
Very nicely shot

 

[stranton]

The outfall is a ball ache, I only ever went down that last stretch once, never again

entry - exit was via infall, water too deep at opposite end

 

[Nickindroy]

So you grafted to the outfall for a picture?

 

[stranton]

Yeh, inky water, fucking stank when we went, was glad to see the light. Nice one Strant, one of the more photogenic sections.

the stench / air was bad in the chamber with the penstock

 

[stranton]

So you grafted to the outfall for a picture?

yeah, its abit of a dire structure

 

[Stopford_lad]

the stench / air was bad in the chamber with the penstock

yep its starts the head spinning, had to bail the first time round..and I was on my own. Never again

 

[stranton]

ah Sidedraft, my nemesis...love this drain but as Ojay says, hate the outfall and the MASSIVE holes near the shit-pipe that swallowed me and the camera whole

theres twice as many potholes than alot of UK roads

 

[stranton]

thanks for the replys folks

 

[stranton]

yep its starts the head spinning, had to bail the first time round..and I was on my own. Never again

done alot of draining alone, sometimes abit