theres always more
Met up with Jon Doe and Zero the other night to check a section of the River Fleet sewer that supposedly hides behind a brick wall, sealed off in the upper most reaches of the system. As both Zero and i were nearly an hour late, JD searched and in the end found no entry into this section, so we climbed down into the far northern upstream reaches of the Fleet Relief, aka Wrens Cache... to discover, almost to my glee, that it was only 4ft in diameter. A bit of traipsing around in the high level and much crawling (and whinging from Zero) saw us emerge eventually, unwilling to persevere with such an awkward traversal.
Jon Doe, as it went, had, having reached the Fleet Wall, now traversed its entire 8km length, save a short 200m long section around the Mid Level Interceptor, so we ducked down into the tunnel, shaking his hand in congratulations as he stepped over the Mid Level weir. I was going to write more about the tunnel itself, as there were inspirational aspects, but ill wait til ive got photos of my own... as it goes i put my first roll of film into the developers this arvo so...
Anyways, i always delight in the rodent population that reside beneath London.
They really are all over the place and my so far, limited (i'll soon change that) experience below the streets has had me encountering Rat Stampedes, Rat Kickboxing, Rat Death, Rat Foraging and some rather noisy Rat Shagging, all performed by, well, rats. Normally you encounter them in the main tunnel, scurrying ahead, heading for the nearest side pipe, otherwise you'll find them in their nests up manhole shaft staircases whereby, having found themselves caught in the spotlight they'll shriek a high pitched tweet of a warcry at you and launch themselves either blithely past your feet or scurrying up the nearest ladder or depth gauge. The following video, demonstrates our brief encounter with a Fleet Rat beneath Kings Cross Road, amoungst a few other things.
(by JD)
With all this talk of drains over the last few weeks i think Uncle Snaps, The Sewer Gimp sums things up quite aptly:
Milana, Katerina Hartlova, Karina Hart, Merilyn Sakova, Ala Passtel, Anna Song
Jon Doe, as it went, had, having reached the Fleet Wall, now traversed its entire 8km length, save a short 200m long section around the Mid Level Interceptor, so we ducked down into the tunnel, shaking his hand in congratulations as he stepped over the Mid Level weir. I was going to write more about the tunnel itself, as there were inspirational aspects, but ill wait til ive got photos of my own... as it goes i put my first roll of film into the developers this arvo so...
Anyways, i always delight in the rodent population that reside beneath London.
They really are all over the place and my so far, limited (i'll soon change that) experience below the streets has had me encountering Rat Stampedes, Rat Kickboxing, Rat Death, Rat Foraging and some rather noisy Rat Shagging, all performed by, well, rats. Normally you encounter them in the main tunnel, scurrying ahead, heading for the nearest side pipe, otherwise you'll find them in their nests up manhole shaft staircases whereby, having found themselves caught in the spotlight they'll shriek a high pitched tweet of a warcry at you and launch themselves either blithely past your feet or scurrying up the nearest ladder or depth gauge. The following video, demonstrates our brief encounter with a Fleet Rat beneath Kings Cross Road, amoungst a few other things.
(by JD)
Click to viewWith all this talk of drains over the last few weeks i think Uncle Snaps, The Sewer Gimp sums things up quite aptly:
Milana, Katerina Hartlova, Karina Hart, Merilyn Sakova, Ala Passtel, Anna Song
