Explorers: j3bu, Misterjk

A nice but smelly walk into Medlock Culvert presents so many great features.

A set of stairs leading up to a side pipe with water just trickling out of it. Spiders galore and a set of twisty stairs leading high up with water pouring down it. At the top of these stairs is a a crawl space (wet) to a fast flowing pipe at the end.

After spending a nice time in there on the way out we noticed the stairs leading up to the side pipe which had water trickling out of it was now powerful enough to knock you off your feet.

It had started raining while we were inside! The most dangerous part of draining is of course rainwater. Thankfully in this case it was a culvert so we were reletively safe.

Spot on.

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Explorers: j3bu, Over

Measuring 3,074ft (0.58 miles) in length the Solicitor Drain is by no means the longest but changes build style several times throughout its length going from brick to concrete and girder then back to concrete. After initially getting in I was greatly surprised by the sheer amount of wildlife down there including thousands of spiders, moths, fish, and even three bats and an eel!

A great drain with many interesting features including both lime and calcium deposits.

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The Gripper is a plesant mini drain to explore, I left my waders in the car as it had sides to it. Unfortunately there’s a good reason it was coined the gripper and I ended up turning a corner and getting my shoes and feet wet as the water (over 2 feet deep and flowing at roughly 3 feet per second) rushes over the edge and onto the walkway, at this point the walkway was getting very deep so shoes and cameras were left close to the entrance and continued barefoot!

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