herts railway/viaduct adventures!!

Went with Prendy to check out an" old disused railway " and station house in herts,but unfortunately (for us) the info is a little out of date!!!And the station house has been completely refurbed and is now someones(very posh!!!)house!!!
So we decided to have look about the place for any evidence of the line.
did nt find much apart from bits of the old platform
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then



Thought wed travel a bit further up for a mooch and found a cool victorian bridge




Prendy following his nose!!!!



Then after a bit we saw this in the distance WTF??




Couldnt get directly to it so we moved about a bit!!(gettin stung to F@@k!!!)
And manged to pick it up a bit downstream,and were able to get under a newer bit and follow it up,


Prendy in full nettle ninja mode!!!!!





we even found two anderson shelters on the way!!!







After a while we were there,looks kinda like a victorian viaduct of sorts with brickwork
and pipework sections that feeds a water treatment site.
We reckon its a least a mile long more like two and comes from a lake on a nearby estate.And about 15/20ft off the ground(in parts)
(can confirm this after a look at google earth)
The water was quite fast flowing and some of the concrete wasnt in the best of condition.
So softly softly was the best way!!lol











Bit shady over these bits!!!!




Inside







Quite a good explore really as we were looking for something else entirely!!!!!
(Even though some of us arent keen on big metal spikey things!!!!eh prend!!lol)

Never seen anything else like this before are they common???

Aqueduct.

Is that a condom floating in sewage in one of the pics?

Classic, i never noticed that!!it was a fast movin jonnie!!!

Engineer said:

Is that a condom floating in sewage in one of the pics?

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Looks like it

Aqueduct.

Every picture tells a thousand words, leads to a sewage works at *** mill ***.
Very interesting pics.

Lol Hoo would go and find that station!
Well me and my mate did and driving past at 11pm at night isnt very well reciepted by the owners or the local farmer.

that line is heading directly for the treatment plant just up the road!!

I have been there... Did you go to the castle on the other side of the road, up to the top of the lane and next to the farm, I will look out some pics. There are some Bloody big birds in the field next to ,it...

yea i been to the castle a fair bit when i was younger!!

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lutonman12 said:

(Even though some of us arent keen on big metal spikey things!!!!eh prend!!lol)

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Damn right!!!!

Had a bit of a scared moment, slippy moss under foot, big metal spikey obstruction,20 ft drop onto concrete posts...................... fresh pants please. lol

Glad i found the "spidey man stylee" alternate route........
Good find though, definatley shady over the top of the capping slabs but well worth the risk.

As for the floating jonny, well........you don't wanna leave it lying around for forensics to find...
lol jokes.

oh yeah........ DAMN THOSE FEKKIN' NETTLES!!!!!!!! I'LL GET 'EM NEXT TIME!!

projectzip said:

Lol Hoo would go and find that station!

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well done on that little explore ive always wanted to do that section..the original line used to run to bute street via gypsy lane..i think that line goes to harpenden and out to redbourne /hemel and also welyn garden..
now me and old railways yes please...