Disused Turton Moor Colliery/brickworks site ?, Turton Moor, near Belmont ,Blackburn With Darwen

spooky woods 

tramway to the mine

going up the mountain

 Whitaker, Darwen brick

http://www.penmorfa.com/bricks/england8.html 

site about bricks

 Bull Hill Fire Clay works Darwin - look at the Brick
Note from Dad
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/34497
at Bull Hill there was a sanatorium , plus evidence of mines -based upon maps unknown location of the Brickworks ?

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1731735
Turton Moor Colliery site ? two shafts Winter Hill on right hand side in the background

Turton Moor Colliery  view of site looking down the hill 

Turton Moor Colliery  -another waste tip ? 

Turton Moor Colliery  waste tips -lots of burnt coal ?

Turton Moor Brick Works - lots of old bricks here !

4 ramps for the tramway ?

where they put the gold ;)  in the spooky woods -the woods were very dark and  wet!


Dads Note :pipe works by Blackburn Road,? lot of iron engine mounting's found as well 

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53115
history of the Blackburn and Darwin area

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pennine_Moors 
information about the West Pennine Moors 


http://www.westpenninemoors.com/discover_intro
information about the West Pennine Moors

http://www.enotes.com/topic/West_Pennine_Moors
information about the West Pennine Moors


http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.21132&setPaginate=No
Walks in this area with ref to pipe works by Blackburn Road,


http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=257
 history of the Blackburn and Darwin area

Winter Hill Three Peaks at Night, Two Lads To Winter Hill To Rivington Pike -

Note :Weather -Cold below 4c wind chill high  (wind sleet -very cold rain) visibility good apart from some driving rain 

it is really windy, wet and cold

I'm having a hot chocolate  -two lads

it is a really good view  from the Two Lads

me in the dark

the haunted  mast -it was spooky covered in sections of  mist ,sleet was falling  gave a red glow around  in the sky ! Note from Dad - poor quality sorry !

the creepy  sheep (mast)

falling ice sign -if the lights flash on the mast -take care !

me having a hot chocolate at winter hill Trig point

rain and sleet in the middle between Winter hill and Rivington pike

Rivington pike  (pike wall  in background)- I kept my eyes down to keep my night vision


Links
http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/index.php

fell runners forum -used for hints and advice

http://www.brightkidz.co.uk/being-bright/how-hi-vis-works.html
what colours to wear in the dark
http://www.walkjogrun.net/routes/current_route.cfm?rid=55DBAF69-B9DF-D469-FA98511BEAA5ED18
good running route -too long for Me !!!


http://www.go4awalk.com/hill-skills-and-navigation/navigation-skills/night-time-navigation.php
night navigation advice

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/hill-skills/night-navigation-skills/6750.html
night navigation advice

Note from dad - Jake is very experienced in most weathers in this area and can pick out features in what appears to be a barren environment  even at night  , The distance is well within his capability ,
Risk reduction - Jake has multi layers of high performance Waterproof/wind/ breathable and warm clothing, Hi Vis clothing is used where the visibility is poor or I need to know where Jake is , headlamp, backup Torch , Jake has on him high energy  food plus spare top layer.
Dad has more  spare clothing,compass,map food and in this case the hot chocolate. Emergency Hi vis bivi, Two Blackberry's(BB), one is used for GPS  tracking/ Photo and the other is used for phone/e mail -backup GPS. either can be turned on to show current GPS position/route on the web. torches and BB's  are fully charged and  checked for charge before the run.