Hyde Falls

First Discovered by Nckt & Dan Helsing

 I started off at the infall and expected it to be a nice little stroll down the infall then over to the outfall for the view from the bottom.

 what no one seems to have mentioned are the waist deep pools, yup I got a soaking.

The sound at the top of the falls was immense

And then the outfall for the rest
This is where the pools got really deep



On the way out this side pipe that had a bit of water coming out on the way in really started pouring water out which had a smell of chlorine

Rock Cemetery

After spending a day under Nottingham then loosing my memory card I headed back up north but as I was passing I dropped in on Rock cemetery

The interior of the caves seen in the Rock Cemetery. These are man made, and could predate the cemetery, as there is a long history of cave excavation for shelter and dwelling in the Nottingham sandstone. The green colouring is the result of moss or algal growth. The caves are barriered off and are used to some extent for storage

All in all an epic day in caves, culverts and drains. Nottingham I salute you

GK Ford

I have had an epic day under Nottingham but sadly dropped my memory card in Beck Valley storm drain and last saw it vanishing into the river along with most of my pics anyway on the way home I visited Rock cemetery and this little culvert in chesterfield

The river now disappears for about 100 yards. According to mapping it runs parallel along Chatsworth Road then turns a right angle back away from the road, still under GK FORD and appears around the other side for the new car showroom.

the twin infall was the most interesting bit of the culvert and I wouldn't go out of my way to visit it It does have some bloody massive fish in it though Might be worth checking the stability of the walls if anyone from the council reads this

Craft Supplies, Millers Dale

First off if the site owners see this I am really sorry for the muddy footprints everywhere, I'd just crawled out of a mine that was knee deep in mud and water and as I had parked in the craft supplies car park it would have been rude not to have a look.

The earliest were water-powered corn mills, but later, after the opening of the new turnpike road between Tideswell and Buxton in 1812 which provided easier access, there were mills for timber, silk, cotton – and even distilled peppermint! Thus Miller’s Dale gets its name from the abundance of water-mills that once flourished here, and there was probably a mill here at the time of the Norman Conquest, although Miller’s Dale is not recorded in the Domesday Book. The earliest mention of a mill in the Wye Valley comes from the late thirteenth century Tideswell parish register which records the grant to a Tideswell miller of land to erect a corn mill. This mill was later owned by the monks of Lenton Abbey who farmed in nearby Monks Dale, and following the Dissolution, the ownership was transferred to the Duke of Devonshire.

Full history of the area can be found HERE
Access was easy and yet inside is in decent condition, I think someone might be squatting inside but it's a different class of squatter as they like Rose wine and pot plants o_O Not really my thing but if your in the area and you like derps you've got a week until it's up for auction.

Just a tunnel

I had an hour free so headed underground once again

Haddon Tunnel

Haddon Tunnel is a tunnel in Derbyshire, England built by the Midland Railway extending the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley to Buxton, opened in 1863. Although the line closed in 1967, it has historic interest, for it was on the Midland Railway (and LMS) main line from London to Manchester, and there are ambitious plans by Peak Rail to reopen it as part of its extension to Bakewell. It had been constructed entirely to hide it from the view of the Duke of Rutland where the line passed Haddon Hall. It is 1,058 yards (967 m) long and, being close to the surface, it was mostly built by the 'cut and cover' method. There were five ventilation shafts, one being the full width of the double-track tunnel, the deepest being only 12 feet (3.7 m).

I failed to get into the first site I was looking at so decided to head down Haddon Tunnel instead. The entry is easy but with it raining there was a small waterfall over the entrance so I was soaked :( Entrance

After this I found it was warmer to be naked than in my wet clothes so I decided to continue on in just my wellys


A remaining sleeper at the cutting

Limescale carried down in the water pouring through the tunnel walls has coated everything making it look petrified

And finally looking back

In the Evening News

I started a petition to open up Victoria arches to the public and the MEN decided to run the story :)

http://menmedia.co.uk/clicky