Join myself and @Martin Zero as we venture high up onto Saddleworth Moor in the hunt of a mysterious and strange tunnel. We take a look inside and try to solve the mystery of the syphon tunnel and why it is there. We also take a look at the surrounding area, including the Dovestone and Chew Reservoirs and an old abandoned tram road.
An amazing feat of engineering and labour. We rely so much on what the Victorians did for us for our water and sewage and transport. Thanks for making the journey and showing us this.
Your videos are just showing people how beautiful that part of England actually is .. Now you can say that you actually went through that very long tunnel with the pipe lol. I enjoyed thank you for sharing your experiences with us all ..
That was great. Thoroughly enjoyed that trek. Thank for taking us to places we would never ever see ourselves. Really appreciate your bravery .well done to you Martin and James.
Uh oh not them two again haha :) only 15 mins away from my birth place of oldham :) It would cost a lot but worth restoring that tramway. It would make a good tourist attraction
Love this place, great place for a walk. There used to be a derelict house at the top of the track , just under the dam wall. Great vlog mate a cracking intro.
You're correct. The 2 valves at the pipe in the tunnel are air leek valves to prevent an airlock in the higher placed pipe in the tunnel. The temperature in tunnels, caves etc. (without traffic) is constant at 12C. Nice video!
Great video! Having watched Martin's video, I was wondering when you'd post yours. I love how you marry up archival photographs with the modern terrain. I find it very satisfying - especially if, in the interim, the landscape has undergone dramatic change of use. Thanks for sharing! Nice one. And top marks for continuing your piece to camera despite having a snowball on your head! 👍
Lovely area around here, i explored the nearby Fletchers paper mill last year, closed since 2001 and left the same ever since! you can see it at 0:29 on the left in the background
I’ve just watched the Martin zero video and then I’ve watched yours so well done to both of you for making them almost different and both very interesting
Very interesting, back then they certainly took pride in their workmanship, the stonework on those portals is magnificent, by the way, Salts mill has been out of bounds this week as they have been filming the new Gentleman Jack , Saltaire as you know lends itself to period dramas with its wonderful architecture, rambling ... anyway, I enjoy the Martin collaborations.
There's light at the end of the tunnel so why is it taking so bloody long to get to it!!!!!! All that beautifully built stonework and no one to appreciate it, thanks for contorting yourself to show us. Great overlays and the opening shot to the Simpsons!!👍🏻😧
You have truly become quite the film maker. Quite a professional job, liked the intro and liked the editing. Thanks for yet another excellent film of your journey.
You walking through the tunnel reminds me of me and my mates crawling through a tunnel under the M62 motorway when we were nippers. That area of Northern England is sometimes referred to as "the Lake District in the heart of Saddleworth" because of its spectacular beauty. It's one of my favourite areas for hiking.
( Some sort of a fancy man hole) 🤣..haha. Great video, and great company. plenty of effort with a great Climax. Part of my Sunday viewing 😉 . Cheers Grant.
I was here a few months ago - although i went the other way around which starts at that old quarry - theres some really interesting rock formations called the Trinnacles further on. You end up climbing a big waterfall on the way up,i think it was something like a 20 mile trek and it was dense fog hehe.
I love to jog up to Chew reservoir and back down again. Theres also WW2 plane wreckages dotted around the area as when the planes hit the peat they just sunk into the soil and where left there. Theres also the stone cut shepherds hut which was chiseled into the rock face.
Thanks Darren for your version of the explore, I have watched both MZ's and yours now and both are good with different elements to them. Bet the brew and biccies came in handy to revive the spirit's. Always a long running debate on MZ/James brew making ability, skimmed versus semi/full fat milk. Cheers matey, DougT in Mancs
How's your back now, Darren? Thanks for adding the photos of the area from days gone by. This time, I have preferred your explore to Martin's version. Perhaps because it's much more concise. I am imagining your silence, walking through the tunnel, during Martin's explore, was due to you feeling uncomfortable with the size and length of the tunnel. I couldn't have coped stooping at 5ft 8 (same as you). Stunning to see how well built the tunnel is.
By the time we reached the tunnel, I was exhausted and ready to sit down. So a 560 metre clamber wasn't fun. I was aching for days afterwards, but it was all worth it in the end.
Fantastic loved it, certainly would not go in it. 😱 how long did it take you to get through the tunnel ? I’ve seen an explore through here, he found items on the pipe inside re spell casting and you found the sheep’s scull 😱 🤔
The reservoir had a lot of issues with fishers. well where there is water an all that, how ever Leeks, that may well be the Welsh, sorry my hearing isn't good these days :-)
