A metal SV cover set into a tarmac-patched pavement. At sone point it has been painted yellow, but most has worn off. The cover is marked MWS & DB which stands for the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board, which was in existence from 1925-1987.

📸 | Sydney, NSW (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A metal SV cover set into a concrete roundel edge of a tarmac road which is beginning to fray.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A metal SV cover set into a grass verge.

📸 | Avalon Beach, NSW (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A metal SV hatch cover painted blue with RH in blue on the pavement next to it. A metal find to the right adds a bit of shadow interest and obscures a metano drain cover. The feet and shaw of the leg of the photographer complete a complex scene.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin #IronworksOfPortsmouth

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A white SV sign on a concrete stand in front of a low brick wall, to the right is a service road with a van with its back door open delivering a bulky package.

📸 | Lee-on-the-Solent, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin #IronworksOfPortsmouth

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A former H fire hydrant sign converted into a blue WO wash out valve sign. The blue is complemented by a line of thin blue top drapes over the grey-brick wall the sign is fixed to.

📸 | Lee-on-the-Solent, England (2026)
#WashOutWednesday an occasional series in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #SluiceValveSaturday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

Two blue SV signs on a grey brick wall with an orange air block bottom left and assorted telecom cables and junctions boxes.

📸 | Southsea, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A square, diamond-angled, metal sluice valve cover set in a tarmac road.

📸 | Southsea, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin #IronworksOfPortsmouth

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

Two blue SV signs and one yellow H sign on a red brick wall adjacent to a green telecoms cabinet and a black drainpipe.

📸 | Southsea, England (2025)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A blue painted metal sluice valve cover set I got a grey-brick pavement bordered by a double-yellow line.

📸 | Southsea, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A blue WO sign outside a pub doorway with signage, accoutrements and hanging baskets.

📸 | Southsea, England (2026)
#WashOutWednesday an occasional series in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #SluiceValveSaturday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A blue SV sign competes with a red brick wall and a pavement for attention. A double-yellow line holds the scene up.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A small, square, iron SV cover made by Needham of Stockport set into a pavement kerb stone, with a double-yellow line segment.

📸 | Wrexham, Wales (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday #EastCoastKin

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

Two blue SV signs and one H sign against a brick wall. The painted metal covers are in the pavement foreground.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday & #SluiceValveSunday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

Three SV signs in front of a stone wall of a farm field with a brooding sky.

📸 | Nr Armathwaite, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

It’s a back to the 50s vibe with a traditional direction sign post in black and white and a concrete mounted WO sign.

📸 | Hawkshead Hill, England (2026)
#WashOutWednesday an occasional series in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #SluiceValveSaturday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

Offset against the historic cobbles at the entrance to Fratton Park football ground a metal SV cover jostles uncomfortably with a concrete patchwork of repairs over the years.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2026)
#SluiceValveSaturday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A blue painted metal sluice valve cover shot from above with a drain cover and double yellow line.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2025)
#SluiceValveSaturday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A pair of tatty SV and H signs outside the village hall, with a slanting width restriction road sign.

📸 | West Sussex (West Stoke), England (2025)
#SluiceValveSaturday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A blue SV sign on a low wall with a block of maisonettes and a deciduous tree in mid winter behind.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2025)
#SluiceValveSaturday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2025)
#SluiceValveSaturday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A tatty blue WO sign competes for the title of scruffiest with a yellow H sign, the pair bookend by a maroon and white door.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2025)
#WashOutWednesday an occasional series in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #SluiceValveSaturday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A well-worn SV sign is upstaged by a are AV sign. Both are attached to a rustic wooden fence with a field behind. Beyond that is a a wood.

📸 | West Stoke, West Sussex England (2025)
#AirValveAugust (in January, I know) a very occasional series in association with #SluiceValveSaturday #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

Shot from above, a sluice valve cover has been painted blue, with a painted white line to indicate the pipe. There is also a kerb stone, drain cover and double yellow line to the right.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2025)
#SluiceValveSaturday in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #WashOutWednesday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A blue WO sign on the door frame of a Atrium cocktail bar with the hours of the establishment on the door and a table and chairs optimistically outside, considering it’s December.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2025)
#WashOutWednesday an occasional series in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #SluiceValveSaturday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A WO sign nestles in the foliage of a hedge growing over and through the fence it’s attached too. Orange spray paint, to mark its existence suggests it’s going to be worked on soon.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2025)
#WashOutWednesday an occasional series in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #SluiceValveSaturday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A blue WO sign at a foot of a lamppost which also has a yellow H sign and a few other messages. A slow shutter speed blurs a couple of cars crossing paths in the road.

📸 | Portsmouth, England (2025)
#WashOutWednesday an occasional series in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #SluiceValveSaturday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A blue, with white lettering, WO sign, indicating a wash out hydrant. It’s on the wall of an old friary.

📸 | Southsea, England (2025)
#WashOutWednesday an occasional series in association with #FireHydrantFriday and #SluiceValveSaturday

after @richardmortimer.bsky.social
cc @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A good day to be at home! Date with my sofa - I’ll be mainly crocheting, listening to music and drinking tea this morning :-)
#washoutwednesday
#dayoff

#WashOutWednesday #MorningWalk