Old mines via White Coppice Geology Trail and the Great Hill

this is Waterman's Cottage 

I am standing on a tree ! it looks like a rock but its a old tree trunk !

this is the entrance to the city!  -Here I imagined I was discovering a  long lost city !

I am climbing the wall of the city

waterfall wall  these need climbing

last wall and very very sliiiiiiiiiipy

next to the city mine

in the small mine

a exposed bank of shale ( comment from Dad opposite here evidence of many mine shafts -bell pits  )

looking at the bell pit these are the best so far we have seen

a line of bell pits  going towards the river

standing between to gate posts at Drinkwaters which was used for target practice in WW2!

Great Hill summet  here you can go to Darwin Tower, Winter Hill views all around
 - you can see Preston,Rivington Pike,Blackburn

me relaxing on a stone seat  - 4 miles  one to go !


weather Bright sunshine and cold at start to light rain and cold wind, we saw a lot of people on Great Hill
who did not have the correct kit on  ,
 one asked us near the top of Great Hill if this was Great Hill  , the other two people didn't know either - do not go out without a map and if you carry the map know how to use it!
 Take care on the Hills please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

route we took
http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/white-coppice-mine-hunt-301356/ 5 miles in total

http://www.white-coppice.co.uk/   good site for this area thanks for site update Jed :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hill about the great hill

Spooky trip to haunted castle ;) or Rivington castle in the dark !

This is a trip to the full-size replica of Liverpool Castle, in ruins at night !  

we are going  around the spooky castle   we go into the secret passage !

we are running away from the castle quickly ;)

Full-size replica of Liverpool Castle, in ruins

Route to castle

http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/rivington-castle-301298/ our route

http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Lever_Castle_Passages.html  we went down the secret passage

http://www.bolton.org.uk/rivington.html some General history of the area

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/376963 photos in the day :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Castle the history behind Liverpool castle