Crypt always baffled me. With my knowledge at the time of discovery, its design and construction confused and astounded me. At the basic level, it was a simple overflow turning two sewers into one. For this simple function, it seemed extremely over-engineered. Vaulted archways, brick walls curving and skewing in all direction, a photographers wet [...]

What i wrote on this back in 2007 was so bad (like much on this site) i had to remove it. One day ill get round to re-writing it, but for now, be satisfied with the pictures.

I think its fair to say that with experience over the years, i have become more aware of the dangers of draining, knowing when and when not to descend under a city. When i began there was little in terms of community, Jon Doe & Stoop of Sub-urban the only real participants involved. Given i [...]

There is more to England’s sewers than London they say. Well sure, i guess every town has a sewer system of some sort, but are they any good? That’s what counts. Today we visited one such system located in the ‘fabulous’ town of Brighton, that was not only good, but was well on par, if [...]

Eggs End God this drain was turning out to be a bit of a curse. We had two pitiful attempts to get in here only succeeding on the third. Well last night we finally got it done, and although it was small trip it turned out to be a good night out.