On the outskirts of Bolton, lies an underground reservoir. It was build in the 1960's as water storage for the town but was never used. So there it lies, a reinforced concrete box under a field. We didn't measure it, but I would guess it is roughly 45M square and 6M deep. Access has since been blocked, but at the time we visited it, we had managed to gain permission from the owner. The owner incidentally, had bought the land in order to build a house. It was described as the site of a former reservoir, which he took to mean it had subsequently been filled in. I gather plans are now afoot to partially excavate the structure and build the house underground. Taking photos underground in the dark was a bit of a challenge. We really don't have the kit for it, but it was fun to have a go. Incidentally, the acoustics down there were amazing. Echos just ran and ran...
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| Taking pictures in a black box can be a challenge. |
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| Several torches, bag of candles, egg whist and a ball of string. All cutting edge stuff! |
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| Self shot using the shutter delay. The white wavy light is from my head torch! |
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| Fragglehunter engaging in a spot of sparkiness. |
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| Lovely sunny say up there. |
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| A very unusual afternoon. |
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| The only way in, and out. Not one to visit alone. There is no phone coverage and if you have an accident, who's gonna know?! |
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| We should let off a smoke bomb... |
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| ...actually, that was a terrible idea! |
muppets ! smoke bomb, who's idea was that ????
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