Saltley Gasometer

Despite Manchester's large number of gasholders, it took a trip to Birmingham for my first climb to the top of one of those remarkable structures. Originally built to store gas in urban areas, they are now mostly decomissioned, with few still used for balancing out fluctuations in the network's pressure.

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Totley Tunnel and Cavern

Pic by fishbrain

“What you doing there lads?” It must have been an unusual encounter for the train conductor. Four faces pressed against the window of the train, each of us holding a torch and shining it into the darkness of the second longest train tunnel in the UK. This was more than a year ago. We were on our way to Sheffield and had heard about a large natural cavern, hidden somewhere half way along the Totley railway tunnel. Unsurprisingly we didn’t manage to spot any such feature. The train was moving too fast and we were sat on the wrong side of the carriage.

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Hulme Flume

Hulme Flume is manchester's largest CSO and was first discovered by Scott and Snappel. I can remember looking at pics of it when I first heard about exploring, yet for some reason none of us had ever made the trip down there. So with the location for the night decided, Gone and myself went for a cycle to check out the access. 

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BBQ's

Manchester is well known for its rather wet weather. In fact, the only reason manchester is such a big city today is because its status as a "Cottonopolis" during the victorian era, thanks to its moist weather conditions all year 'round. However, just before easter, a week of sunshine and warm temperatures greeted us every morning. Whilst most mancunions could be found in the parks, we took our BBQ's to the local rooftops...

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35mm

Over the last two years I've accumulated a number of film cameras. Whilst I wouldn't want to miss my digital SLR, film has got its moments. Pictures come out as they were shot, they have their unique film colours and maybe best, you have to wait until the film is shot and developed until you can view the pics, which is often months later.

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London II - 20 Fenchurch Street TC

The next morning we got woken up by some cyclists shouting as they passed our car. Maybe we should have parked off the road, but it was too late now, 3 hours of recovery it was gonna be. Whilst packing the sleeping bags away and stretching our legs that had been crammed between seats and bags all night, we discussed possible destinations for the day.

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