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    Arrow Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    Friday Night, watching telly and browsing the net. Miss Lutex has gone to bed and I'm getting bored.
    What better than a wander down the River Lea??

    It's sub-zero outside, so it's a case of wrapping up warm, especially the three pairs of socks inside my waders!

    I wandered downstream to Bute Street before getting my camera out and getting some (100 or so!) shots on the way back up to New Bedford Road. The culvert isn't the most interesting, but it does have some nice features along its course.

    We'll start with the point I turned around and began heading back upstream:



    Looking Back Upstream




    and back downstream




    Bute Street Bridge - Bute Street has always crossed the Lea here, but nowadays it's impossible to tell from street level that you're actually on a bridge!












    There's actually a small private car park slightly above river level outside this grille. I don't know about anyone else, but I certainly wouldn't be too keen on parking here on an overcast day...




    Beneath Library Road



    Flash gun fun




    Two bridges - The bridge which carried the (now disused) Luton-Dunstable railway line, the foundations of the old JobCentre building followed by the bridge over which Mill Street runs.




    Mill Street Bridge




    Split River - the original culvert (left) joining the new culvert which runs under Hucklesby Way. I've not done the old one as it'd be utterly backbreaking!




    Lucky I wasn't found!








    Under Hucklesby Way




    More fun with the flashgun and finally back to the New Bedford Road inflow

    Interestingly Pictures 1 and 2 are here: (flashearth link)

    The windows you can see on the wall are therefore from the buildings which were demolished and now have the car park sitting on top! They've got corrugated sheeting on the inside, and I suspect the rooms have been filled, but when it gets a wee bit warmer I intend to pop down there and see if I can fit a camera through for a sneak peek.

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    Default Re: Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    Really well lit pics there

    Those things make me laugh "found in here will die"
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    Default Re: Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    That's a great report mate, and some cracking lighting going on. How deep was the water?

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    Default Re: Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    Some lovely clear photos there, cant be easy keeping the camera steady and lightpainting in the pitch blackness.
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    Smile Re: Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    interesting report,great pics

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    Default Re: Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    Great report and good pictures. Well done on this one.

    Looks fucking cold though.
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    Default Re: Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    I like it, you've got the pictures well lit.

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    Default Re: Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    Great report mate your a brave man going out in the freezing cold
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    Default Re: Hatter's Culvert, Luton - January 2010

    Thanks everyone! The water was only ankle-height most of the time. And yes it was very cold!!
    Last edited by LutEx-UK; 13-01-2010 at 12:34 AM. Reason: smiley fail

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