They could seriously do with dredging that brook and cleaning it. The UKs waterways are important and to leave them like this is just dreadful. Probably cant do alot about the CSOs but they can atleast keep brooks like this dredged. Great video, keep them coming :)
That was a brilliant video. I cycle through here daily, for exercise whilst working from home (I nip to Drakehouse and back for a coffee). It's a fascinating area, I cannot believe what they've done to this Brook (an ancient boundary). Before I found your video, I actually tried to walk the Brook on Saturday, its a disaster, as you showed. I am exploring the area (using the same old maps). I keep finding new things (and get lost like you). On Saturday, when walking home, I took a very rough trek through some rarely used fields that run south of the Old railway track, just below Stone Lane. It was a terrible walk, two barb wire fences, Head high Nettles, Thistle, Bramble and Holly...and thick woods (wrong time of year). Anyway, as I was finding Stone Lane again above me, a deer jumped up that I guess was sleeping in the high grass (I could see where it had laid). It looked too big to be a Roe Deer, I thought it must be a Hind (Red Deer), but not sure if they roam alone like this. It made a difficult journey worthwhile. Just about to watch your other vids. Dare say, Brook flooded today after 3 days of cloud seeding by the beasts..hence this very heavy ran this evening).
yeah this brook is difficult to follow, as ive been so many times i sorta know a way to follow it but either way i still end up taking a detour by accident. im not surprised it flooded, and i bet it did yesterday evening aswell! my 2 favourite sheff brooks the "bagley dyke" and "car brook" rose about 2-3 meters yesterday, which might not seem like alot but these brook are not even usually ankle deep! and talk about the bagley dyke, thats for another video this summer 😉
Excellent video, most informative and good history research included as well, so well done. I look forward to watching other videos that you have done. Keep up the good work!
Not sure why I clicked on this video. Came up as a suggestion and I figured, meh.... let's check it out. Glad I did! Quite enjoyable!!!! Well done, will check out your other vids!
Wow your videos get better and better! Some great research here and great use of maps - its always good to see where these culverts go on historical and modern maps, espesially for those of us not from the area. The iron ochre is likely outflow from old mines - we see the same down here in the midlands. Its not dangerous, its just rust. Pity the Shire brook is so polluted. I thought most of these streams had been cleaned up by now. We had a brook at the bottom of our school playing fields which was similar - it was a different colour everyday and a different stink! Now much cleaner. Also the first culvert I explored as a lad. Get Post10 over to clear those trash racks at the beginning with his rake! Keep up the good work - more vids like this.
Thanks! Its the first time ive done proper research for a video 😄. Yeah the iron ochre isnt bad really, it is just rust but wow that stuff stains clothes very well 😧. Yeah the shire brook is not good environmentally 😟 its a shame because some streams get turned into open sewers usually because of mistakes from water companies. I used to do post10 stuff, still do sometimes i might make some unblocking videos one day who knows 😀 thanks for the comment!
3:48 "Wow" wow indeed! That needs some serious raking. If you come again, bring Darren (aka Adventure Me) with you to help clear that rack. A few months back, he did a couple of videos where he cleared a similar rack. I'll put a link in a reply.
hi, yeah i saw those videos! ive actually gave unblocking this grill a go before, but its been blocked for so long that the brook floor has risen and now just flows over the top of it, seriously compact
The Rainbow Forge may be no longer, but a rainbow of sorts is living on in that there brook. 👀☣️⚠️ Glad you did some serious decon when you got home. Gotta keep your health for more explores. 💪 The maps were really fascinating, and I dig the epic background tunes!! 😎
Really infuriates me how water companies can get away with blatant ignorance of water quality. How will the ecosystem ever recover if they constantly get away with allowing sewage and other pollution to run into brooks and rivers? Most of the orange stuff is caused by bacteria eating natural iron deposits. I learnt that from post10
Hi, Marcus. Just a quick hello. I'm Duncan from the train last friday. Sorry that I called you 'Daniel'. I'm about to wade (geddit?) through a big bunch of your vids, including this one.
Very informative regarding the industrial/mining history of the region. Good use of maps and Google Earth. It's a shame nothing is being done to clean up what has become, in effect, an open sewer. Be careful when you're down there. And wear gloves! You never know what kinds of bacteria and nasty organisms are down there.
It’s quite sad that a lot of streams and rivers have been deliberately polluted by water companies, Yorkshire Water being one of those offenders. Smashed it out of the park tho lad, especially with the historical side of things. Well done, this is a brilliant video 👏🏻
Should see the state of the river Rother that this stream discharges into, sewage is always getting dumped in by the treatment works even when it’s not raining!
@@tomh79757 yeah the river rotherbis filthy, ive been in a storm drain that feeds into the river rother and a sewer runs in that storm drain, overflows easy when in rain
On a side note, the work you saw just before entering the tunnel is to create settling ponds to try and remove the Ochre (purely cosmetic, which I just don't get. A private company has been paid for this whilst the actual stream is a disaster (I noticed most of the banks on one side are made of old tyres and compacted building waste. Part of the inflow from higher up is past Stone Lane is probably old Sewerage Works. Above Stone Lane, I can see what look like dried up springs, that would've flowed down to the brook, at least 4 (and some are channelled most of way down to the brook, I believe they then naturally spring back up as inflow (like where you showed one example).
Loved it Marcus! Great video! As others have said, really enjoyed the information around the history of the area and how the landscape has changed, especially with the addition of maps! Great culvert exploring as well. And where is post10 when you need him!?
thanks yeah i gave map work a go, id screen record my map work but my PC isnt good enough 😢 and yeah we need post10!! although ive been unblocking culverts and streams since i was about 5 so i have some experience 😂
Well done for searching out the old photos and doing the map work, it adds a lot to the video. It certainly looked very polluted although perhaps the ocre isn't pollution as such. Be careful going into these places alone. Hope your Grandad enjoyed the trip out!! Good luck from Spain!!
The entrance to the culvert was extended back in the early 90's to make way for landfil. That contributory was once in the open before the A57 got rerouted.
Looking forward 👍🏻
its a good one😀
Nice to see on RUclips is Emschermann, He is from Ruhrgebiet Area.....He has some videos with this red colour spots
They could seriously do with dredging that brook and cleaning it. The UKs waterways are important and to leave them like this is just dreadful. Probably cant do alot about the CSOs but they can atleast keep brooks like this dredged. Great video, keep them coming :)
yes I completely agree, the CSO problem the only solution is to make our sewers bigger (near beighton the sewers arent big enough)
Good man for getting out there and logging it
thanks 👍
That was a brilliant video. I cycle through here daily, for exercise whilst working from home (I nip to Drakehouse and back for a coffee). It's a fascinating area, I cannot believe what they've done to this Brook (an ancient boundary). Before I found your video, I actually tried to walk the Brook on Saturday, its a disaster, as you showed. I am exploring the area (using the same old maps). I keep finding new things (and get lost like you). On Saturday, when walking home, I took a very rough trek through some rarely used fields that run south of the Old railway track, just below Stone Lane. It was a terrible walk, two barb wire fences, Head high Nettles, Thistle, Bramble and Holly...and thick woods (wrong time of year). Anyway, as I was finding Stone Lane again above me, a deer jumped up that I guess was sleeping in the high grass (I could see where it had laid). It looked too big to be a Roe Deer, I thought it must be a Hind (Red Deer), but not sure if they roam alone like this. It made a difficult journey worthwhile. Just about to watch your other vids. Dare say, Brook flooded today after 3 days of cloud seeding by the beasts..hence this very heavy ran this evening).
yeah this brook is difficult to follow, as ive been so many times i sorta know a way to follow it but either way i still end up taking a detour by accident. im not surprised it flooded, and i bet it did yesterday evening aswell! my 2 favourite sheff brooks the "bagley dyke" and "car brook" rose about 2-3 meters yesterday, which might not seem like alot but these brook are not even usually ankle deep! and talk about the bagley dyke, thats for another video this summer 😉
Excellent video, most informative and good history research included as well, so well done. I look forward to watching other videos that you have done. Keep up the good work!
36:22 My personal guess would be there used to be a rail yard for the nearby Woodhouse station
Brill & thanks!
Im glad you enjoyed!
Interesting video, good luck with the channel 👍
Not sure why I clicked on this video. Came up as a suggestion and I figured, meh.... let's check it out. Glad I did! Quite enjoyable!!!! Well done, will check out your other vids!
thanks alot!! 😄 im glad you enjoyed
The culvert takes it through the old beighton landfill site that closed around year 2000.
i had heard about a land fill site but i had forgotten to put that in the video 😂
Wow your videos get better and better! Some great research here and great use of maps - its always good to see where these culverts go on historical and modern maps, espesially for those of us not from the area. The iron ochre is likely outflow from old mines - we see the same down here in the midlands. Its not dangerous, its just rust. Pity the Shire brook is so polluted. I thought most of these streams had been cleaned up by now. We had a brook at the bottom of our school playing fields which was similar - it was a different colour everyday and a different stink! Now much cleaner. Also the first culvert I explored as a lad. Get Post10 over to clear those trash racks at the beginning with his rake! Keep up the good work - more vids like this.
Thanks! Its the first time ive done proper research for a video 😄. Yeah the iron ochre isnt bad really, it is just rust but wow that stuff stains clothes very well 😧. Yeah the shire brook is not good environmentally 😟 its a shame because some streams get turned into open sewers usually because of mistakes from water companies. I used to do post10 stuff, still do sometimes i might make some unblocking videos one day who knows 😀 thanks for the comment!
3:48 "Wow" wow indeed! That needs some serious raking. If you come again, bring Darren (aka Adventure Me) with you to help clear that rack. A few months back, he did a couple of videos where he cleared a similar rack. I'll put a link in a reply.
hi, yeah i saw those videos! ive actually gave unblocking this grill a go before, but its been blocked for so long that the brook floor has risen and now just flows over the top of it, seriously compact
The Rainbow Forge may be no longer, but a rainbow of sorts is living on in that there brook. 👀☣️⚠️ Glad you did some serious decon when you got home. Gotta keep your health for more explores. 💪 The maps were really fascinating, and I dig the epic background tunes!! 😎
yeah i was straight in the shower when i got home !! that brook was indeed rainbow in some parts because of diesel/petrol or whatever it was in it...
Really infuriates me how water companies can get away with blatant ignorance of water quality. How will the ecosystem ever recover if they constantly get away with allowing sewage and other pollution to run into brooks and rivers?
Most of the orange stuff is caused by bacteria eating natural iron deposits. I learnt that from post10
yeah theyve abandoned this brook completely, and been fined whats basically pocket money 😞
Hi, Marcus. Just a quick hello. I'm Duncan from the train last friday. Sorry that I called you 'Daniel'. I'm about to wade (geddit?) through a big bunch of your vids, including this one.
oh hey! don't worry about it 😄. that train ride was a shambles eh? yeah take a look at my videos! nice meetin ya!
Very informative regarding the industrial/mining history of the region. Good use of maps and Google Earth. It's a shame nothing is being done to clean up what has become, in effect, an open sewer. Be careful when you're down there. And wear gloves! You never know what kinds of bacteria and nasty organisms are down there.
hi thanks for the comment
yes the industrial past to that area really surprised me 😀 so much that you would never have thought had happened
It’s quite sad that a lot of streams and rivers have been deliberately polluted by water companies, Yorkshire Water being one of those offenders. Smashed it out of the park tho lad, especially with the historical side of things. Well done, this is a brilliant video 👏🏻
thanks alot for the comment! yeah, yorkshire water hasnt done too well on this stream..
Should see the state of the river Rother that this stream discharges into, sewage is always getting dumped in by the treatment works even when it’s not raining!
@@tomh79757 yeah the river rotherbis filthy, ive been in a storm drain that feeds into the river rother and a sewer runs in that storm drain, overflows easy when in rain
It's sad that we have to say be careful of the water due to contamination but yeah.
yeah its sad, because this is a nature reserve, people bring there kids here they will want to paddle in the water, sadly thats too dangerous
Interesting video Marcus with a fascinating history, many thanks 👍
cheers thanks 👍
Another really enjoyable and interesting video, thank you!
thank you for watching!
On a side note, the work you saw just before entering the tunnel is to create settling ponds to try and remove the Ochre (purely cosmetic, which I just don't get. A private company has been paid for this whilst the actual stream is a disaster (I noticed most of the banks on one side are made of old tyres and compacted building waste. Part of the inflow from higher up is past Stone Lane is probably old Sewerage Works. Above Stone Lane, I can see what look like dried up springs, that would've flowed down to the brook, at least 4 (and some are channelled most of way down to the brook, I believe they then naturally spring back up as inflow (like where you showed one example).
thanks alot for this info ! yeah this place is a mess, the rags covering the banks aswell was something i noticed for the entirety of the walk..
@@thedrainmaestro Many thanks for the replies, you're very talented, and come across so well in your video's.
@@forthedisenfranchised4366 cheers !
6:51 Only fined 5,000. Is that all. Should've been a lot more than that. 5,000 is just pocket change to them.
yeah , seriously not enough
What a great video, lots of interesting stuff. you put a lot into this, greatly enjoyed, thank you!
thank you :) 4-5 hours of editing is worth it 😄
Loved it Marcus! Great video! As others have said, really enjoyed the information around the history of the area and how the landscape has changed, especially with the addition of maps! Great culvert exploring as well. And where is post10 when you need him!?
thanks yeah i gave map work a go, id screen record my map work but my PC isnt good enough 😢 and yeah we need post10!! although ive been unblocking culverts and streams since i was about 5 so i have some experience 😂
Well done for searching out the old photos and doing the map work, it adds a lot to the video.
It certainly looked very polluted although perhaps the ocre isn't pollution as such.
Be careful going into these places alone.
Hope your Grandad enjoyed the trip out!!
Good luck from Spain!!
cheers David!!
The entrance to the culvert was extended back in the early 90's to make way for landfil. That contributory was once in the open before the A57 got rerouted.
ahh that explains it, thanks!
Good vid
thanks john 😃
nice 1 bro
cheers 👌
@@thedrainmaestro can you come and do orgreave mate
Wow, an English version of Justin Beaver building a dam across the brook.
😂😀👍
Me again, I have a model of a Birley Colliery wagon upstairs somewhere. Can a photo of it be uploaded in these comments?
I dont think you are able to, but if you want to email me the photo my email is: realmrwowzer@gmail.com
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Hi Marcus, here is the older frisian Markus.....
Should be re-named the Terese Coffey brook.
hahaha!
As it is so polluted and dirty, I think the name of this valley is wrong . The r in shire needs to be replaced with a t.
😂😂😂 you arent even wrong, its a shite brook