We have been sitting on this one for a while now, but due to a lack of transport we’ve never been able to get there. Well today was finally the day. Aided by the purple micra beast, myself Dsankt and Loops headed north in search of the Ramsey Culvert. Its most predominant feature, A triple tunneled chamber which also housed the device that once powered the clock sitting on the street above. Sadly due to the continual decrease in water flow the device became useless and places with a electrical power source.
While draining in London, visitors always comment on how easy it is to navigate, for the most part this is true. With the exception of its lost rivers, mainline sewers in London are of a basic, single pipe affair. You tend to have your standard route from A to B, and if you want to go off the beaten track, it usually means wandering down 3-4ft side sewers.
Optimus Prime was first discovered by Userscott and Stepping lightly whilst on there quest for Manchester’s underground crypts and chamber, but surprisingly enough they never really thought twice about the monster tunnel we stood in. It was always just a means to an end.
For a while now Manchester has been a dormant draining city. The initial explores seemed to satisfy all those who traveled there. The likes of Gorton Falls, Works and Processor were enough to deter any wayward worrier for exploring off the beaten track, and so it slept.
Labyrinth has always been a subject of heated debate. Confusion as to its route, its integration and interaction with other sewers and also as to where the line should be drawn between itself and other systems. On a map it looks like a tangled spiders web of incomprehensibility, and with the knowledge of the area at the time, we likely made things worse with our assumptions.
Deep Ochre. If I’m honest, this was the one. I first saw it on Sub-urban back in 2006, before that i didn’t have a whole lot of interest in drains. I had seen pictures of the Westbourne and other various tunnels and culverts, but this just looked, different.
