Visited last night with Pace.
This place has been on the 'to do' list for sometime. We have been waiting for the dust to settle after the last attempts to infiltrate this site.
The Brunner Mond Culverts take 'Wade Brook' through the inner workings of the Brunner Mond Calcium Chlorine plant in Lostock. After a long walk through the undergrowth we arrived at the twin culvert entrance. One of which is flowing and the other silted up. The culverts themselves can only be 75metres long but the view at the other end is fantastic. As we slowly waded through the silt became softer and the water deeper.
The silted up culvert
The flowing culvert starts about a foot deep.
Looking back to culvert exits in the Brunner perimetre.
Looking forward into the complex.
The brook is covered with pipework and bridges. At this point we are in the complex at the bottom of a wall with an office at the top. Water is about thigh deep and getting deeper. Ok for Pace with his 'all in one chest, head and neck neoprine waders' but getting wet for me with £15 specials from the fishing shop.
Looking forward.
We both would love to go further to see what was around the corner at the top, but time was ticking on and the water was getting colder and deeper.
More 'Pace' pictures to follow shortly.
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