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Report - boredomiser and lacklustre , Ashbourne and Derby July 2021

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jezzyboo

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up early 5.30 ( thats dedication on a sunday :p ) on the bike to get out to Ashbourne before 8 to check out a potential new culvert under the bus station at Ashbourne,lovely sunny morning great riding conditions had checked on maps and was alerted to a possible culvert but also came with a plan B in case it was a no show as its a good hours ride ( and longer if you take the scenic route ;) ) getting parked up and gaining access was no problem the infall is at the edge of Ashbourne park were the Henmore brook goes under the A515
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twin concrete box section given the newness of the bus station and surrounding shops i was hardly taken by surprise, well nothing ventured and all that in i went
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well at least it was clean if featureless
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looking back to start it then bent around
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end in sight already only 221 meters long
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the bridge pub on the bridge at Ashbourne
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the 2 box sections diddnt meet up so i jumped over the concrete dividing wall and walked the left hand one back to the start same as the right one only a slightly lower roof height , not putting any more pics up of that as i think you get the idea , well that was a bit disappointing time to activate plan B
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A quick blast down to derby to check out Boredomiser after getting parked up it was an easy one to access
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start point then view downstream
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looking back to start
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change in styles to corrugated iron roof
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change in styles to spraycrete and spiders
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concrete arched roof after a time it split in to two halves i kept left
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it now bent around then came back to one big box section
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back to 2 sections again
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you can see the sun light nearly at the outfall
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was a long one ! going back this time up the other tunnel there was another tunnel carrying a sewer pipe that came in had seen this earlier and now after getting to the end i had a quick nosy at it
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there was a lot mist around the start surprised the photo came out as good ! lol if you look closely you can see the water droplets on the concrete roof
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yes i woz ere to

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diddnt go on a lot further past this point was getting a bit pushed for time and its quite a walk back and ride home so called it quits the tunnel was getting smaller and it diddnt smell like a rose garden lol
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returning back to the main culvert i then started walking back upstream there was quite a flow and was a bit harder than i thought ,there were a fair few fish and ive never seen as many crayfish in a culvert before
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not sure what these were and i would be grateful for suggestions or an answer there were about 3 of them along the length of the drain they looked like manhole lids with a hinge on them im guessing that maybe theres another rcp underneath that originally drained the water while they were concreting the culvert floor ?
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back to the start , well thats it and thanks for viewing :thumb
 

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