woodburner
29-01-2012, 05:09 PM
This place had been my personal nemesis for years as I attempted to track down the outfall, and having found what I thought was a mid-point above ground entry point which turned out to be 2 foot high I shelved it...
Turns out the mid point was a red herring and was a completely different culverted brook in Sheffield.
Anyway, skip forward a couple of years and Kaplan posted a report of the upstream end of Car Brook which got me interested... The grilled part of Kaplan's report is a good 2 miles away from the outfall into the river Don, so theres a HUGE section of culvert between the two.
I already knew where the outfall was, so Kaplan went to recce for a potential mission. The report came back 'looks stoopy & silty' but very do-able.
The entrance was actually more than 6ft tall, but at least 3ft deep in water with 18 inches of nasty silt.
Every step was a struggle, and released grim smelling gases. :p
At this point I said 'What the fuck am I doing here?' but still decided to carry on.
After 150 metres or so the silt started to shallow off and the water soon followed. We were then confronted with a 5ft brick arched tunnel but with little water in the bottom. This lasted for about another 200 metres and then changed to a 4ft RCP requiring MORE stooping. :(
We decided to push on a bit further to see what was ahead before deciding to return at a later date with drainboard to continue to the end.
Anyway, after all the aggro I was determined to get some pics:-
Scummy water
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/Andypandy_bucket/Carbrook/IMG_4738.jpg
BrickZ
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/Andypandy_bucket/Carbrook/IMG_4736.jpg
5ft Brick arched tunnel
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/Andypandy_bucket/Carbrook/IMG_4732.jpg
4ft RCP
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/Andypandy_bucket/Carbrook/IMG_4730.jpg
There is unfinished business here, so no doubt will be back in the future. :thumb
Bigups to Kaplan for getting me off my arse for this!
Turns out the mid point was a red herring and was a completely different culverted brook in Sheffield.
Anyway, skip forward a couple of years and Kaplan posted a report of the upstream end of Car Brook which got me interested... The grilled part of Kaplan's report is a good 2 miles away from the outfall into the river Don, so theres a HUGE section of culvert between the two.
I already knew where the outfall was, so Kaplan went to recce for a potential mission. The report came back 'looks stoopy & silty' but very do-able.
The entrance was actually more than 6ft tall, but at least 3ft deep in water with 18 inches of nasty silt.
Every step was a struggle, and released grim smelling gases. :p
At this point I said 'What the fuck am I doing here?' but still decided to carry on.
After 150 metres or so the silt started to shallow off and the water soon followed. We were then confronted with a 5ft brick arched tunnel but with little water in the bottom. This lasted for about another 200 metres and then changed to a 4ft RCP requiring MORE stooping. :(
We decided to push on a bit further to see what was ahead before deciding to return at a later date with drainboard to continue to the end.
Anyway, after all the aggro I was determined to get some pics:-
Scummy water
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/Andypandy_bucket/Carbrook/IMG_4738.jpg
BrickZ
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/Andypandy_bucket/Carbrook/IMG_4736.jpg
5ft Brick arched tunnel
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/Andypandy_bucket/Carbrook/IMG_4732.jpg
4ft RCP
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/Andypandy_bucket/Carbrook/IMG_4730.jpg
There is unfinished business here, so no doubt will be back in the future. :thumb
Bigups to Kaplan for getting me off my arse for this!