last stretch of the blackburn brook was for me the best part of it picking up from my last explore at the bottom of fife street the brook runs next to the old railway track ( now a cycle path ) around the back of the old gasometers and discharges in to the river don at meadowhall
the brook is in open air for the most part and flanked in by the m1 motorway and various engineering firms the river walk was the best and most scenic route the old railway bridge that now carries the trans pennine cycle path
gas pipes that cross the brook the gasometers have gone now
after a good walk i arrived at the start of the culverted section had been wanting to do this since E Eric very kindly sent me his pics , the above bridge carries a slip road to the m1
graffiti artists plying there trade , the start of the culverts where 2 box concrete sections
looking up the left hand culvert
the right hand section was a mess and full of rocks and boulders underfoot
back out in to the open air
looking downstream it was only a short section in the open air you can see the start of the next culvert had to get through this sharpish as people were working above
looking upstream ,there was now a little open air section flanked in with concrete walls before entering the next section, was at meadowhall now and can remember this next section being built ! it was around the same time meadowhall was built and id just started work around the corner (yes i am old lol ) and i wondered at the time if it was to do with the supertram that was proposed as it was quite a large excavation but the area above it has only ever been used for overflow car parking
thigh deep in places the largest culvert in the explore no stooping here was over 3m tall !
coming out of the culvert there was this last open air section then down a ramp to an old stone bridge
inside the old bridge there is a big sewer pipe running through no doubt of to blackburn meadows had to limbo underneath it the water being waist deep here had a quick nosy in the passage next to the bridge
man hole ladder nothing more exciting im afraid
the last section before it enters the don at meadowhall
some crap underfoot here diddnt hang about to long at the end as meadowhall is always busy ,one for you to do guys if you get dragged down to meadowhall by your other half more fun than shopping
diddnt exit at the end but bailed out back upstream at the start of the biggest culvert thanks for watching 
river don
the brook is in open air for the most part and flanked in by the m1 motorway and various engineering firms the river walk was the best and most scenic route the old railway bridge that now carries the trans pennine cycle path
gas pipes that cross the brook the gasometers have gone now
after a good walk i arrived at the start of the culverted section had been wanting to do this since E Eric very kindly sent me his pics , the above bridge carries a slip road to the m1
graffiti artists plying there trade , the start of the culverts where 2 box concrete sections
looking up the left hand culvert
the right hand section was a mess and full of rocks and boulders underfoot
back out in to the open air
looking downstream it was only a short section in the open air you can see the start of the next culvert had to get through this sharpish as people were working above
looking upstream ,there was now a little open air section flanked in with concrete walls before entering the next section, was at meadowhall now and can remember this next section being built ! it was around the same time meadowhall was built and id just started work around the corner (yes i am old lol ) and i wondered at the time if it was to do with the supertram that was proposed as it was quite a large excavation but the area above it has only ever been used for overflow car parking
thigh deep in places the largest culvert in the explore no stooping here was over 3m tall !
coming out of the culvert there was this last open air section then down a ramp to an old stone bridge
inside the old bridge there is a big sewer pipe running through no doubt of to blackburn meadows had to limbo underneath it the water being waist deep here had a quick nosy in the passage next to the bridge
man hole ladder nothing more exciting im afraid
the last section before it enters the don at meadowhall
some crap underfoot here diddnt hang about to long at the end as meadowhall is always busy ,one for you to do guys if you get dragged down to meadowhall by your other half more fun than shopping
diddnt exit at the end but bailed out back upstream at the start of the biggest culvert thanks for watching
river don
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