Jake of Winter Hill Adventures

This blog is about my adventures, exploring Interesting places around the United Kingdom and in other countries. I live close to Winter Hill in Lancashire, hence the title and a lot of our adventures are local to here. We don't just go running, we find places that are interesting, such as old mines, brickworks and other local historic sites. I hope you enjoy the blog and please feel free to make comments and I will try my best to reply :-) Dont Just run or Walk explore !

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Horwich heritage center and -Rivington pike/winter hill

I went to see the Horwich heritage centre -
this is a model of HMS Hood

http://horwichheritage.co.uk/heritagecentre.htm

http://www.hmshood.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hood_(51)

http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_HoodandBismarck.htm

Here is a mode of the Horwich locomotive works
I saw the back of the these from Red Moss
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/red%20moss

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horwich_Works
http://www.bolton.gov.uk/website/Pages/SPDHorwichLocoWorks.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horwich#Horwich_Works

a model of a old tram , these used to go to Horwich from Bolton
http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/s-good-old-days.html
http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/archivesimages02/1954loc?term=horwich&s_tags=localhistory&sort_by=Title&item_number=60&b_start:int=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/3518163788/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/3518166216/

I just love this

its great you can pull and learn about all the levers !

These Bricks are made in Horwich we have found some when we have been out exploring
you can see the map of the tramway on the left
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As well as coal, seams of dry clay were drawn and supplied works making bricks, and sanitary ware. Crankshaw's pipeworks, whose mine was known as Klondyke, closed down in 1961. A new housing development now stands on the site,
taken from http://www.horwich.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=36

My run on Winter Hill ,

4.78 miles
conditions very wet underfoot plus moving across tussock grass and driving rain in the dark

Lower Rivington reservoir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Rivington_Reservoir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Rivington_Reservoir

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/jed/rivington_reservoirs.htm

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/landscape/landscapecharacass/charcarea9.asp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/underground/reservoir/history.shtml

Winter Hill mast

just taking a rest

two lads and Brown Hill from the path to the Pike

brown Hill ,two lads

http://wfdbwgua.blogspot.com/2011/08/earlier-on-winter-hill.html
thanks to JtE for showing me this !

my size 4 I am testing these out

Note from dad : Jake normally uses PB junior trainers , we are using winter grade socks
http://www.walshsports.co.uk/images/FellRunning.pdf

can you see the Reebok ?

I enjoy the view

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2011/01/rivington-pike-to-brown-hill-to-crooked.html

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2011/07/rivington-pike-to-brown-hill-back-of.html

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-lads-to-rivington-pike-and-back.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington_Pike

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pennine_Moors

http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Rivington_Pike_Tower.html

http://www.manchesterscountryside.com/site/attractions/attraction-results/rivington-pike-p129431

The mast from the Pike

the pike

can you see the carving ?

crossing between the pike and the mast near the river Douglas -its starting to get dark

River Douglas
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http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/12/rivington-pike-rivington-horwich-bell.html http://prestonwalkies.blogspot.com/2010/04/quick-walk-up-winter-hill-from-belmont.html

http://www.bolton.org.uk/winterhill.html

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/cy/ymchwil/cynllunio/33512.aspx

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/River%20Douglas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Douglas
http://www.bolton.org.uk/rivington.html
http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/social-history-images/200296?term=postcard&s_tags=&sort_by=Title&item_number=199&b_start:int=0
http://www.brianherald.co.uk/home/58422_moorland-stream.html http://www.wiganman.co.uk/Content/history/Douglas-1.html

note from dad : we are testing winter equipment and hi vis strobe lighting
here Jake is crossing is a stream , you can see a walkie talkie, Jake has a mobile phone plus a gps tracker,
Jake has a torch,whistle plus spare torch , he has two strobe lights on

what weather we can have !

Note from Dad : the weather closed in , the rain became driving and cold , almost sleet at one stage,

Jake was testing a new coat today in what turned out to be poor conditions,

Winter Hill can bite ! we had chosen this route to get used to poor underfoot conditions in low light conditions which are very tiring , this is very tough for Jake , Jake is used to this the terrain and is fully equipped ,we were testing his winter wet grade kit with a set of spare layers to take this to cold wet weather , visibility was reasonable.

http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=main

the mast in driving rain !

Sunday, 4 September 2011

Two Lads to Wilderswood via sportsman's cottage

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Two%20lads

quick Blog entry just to get back out on Winter Hill

the Start - we have not run on Winter hill for two weeks

Two lads and the pike

lots of heather at this time of the year

Just started to rain

someone added a seat ?

looking towards the mast

these are some trucks with motorized hang gliders in the back

Philipson and son bricks

some old bricks and debris from old buildings

looking towards the mast

the pike ,

going towards crooked hill

down to sportsman's cottage I did some roly poly just down from here !

down towards wilderswood

it was dark through the trees

Note from dad Jake has multiple layer reflective 360 capability , Jake also has a extra spare torche on him, the strobe light on the right has a 1 mile visibility range it is also reflective.

running through Wilderswood near the old mine entrances

it was getting dark back towards the two lads

Note from Dad : we are getting ready for winter and the dark nights ,Jake is already carry extra safety equipment , greater use of Hi viz but not winter grade equipment we normally carry full waterproof from head to feet is carried. today was drizzle nice to be back on the moors !

Jake says Keep safe

http://www.bowlandpenninemrt.org.uk/safety.htm

http://prestonwalkies.blogspot.com/2007/04/wilderswood-and-winter-hill.html

http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Two_Lads_Cairns.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pennine_Moors