Two lads to Rivington Pike and back again

be careful on the cattle grid !

on the way to the two lads

sunset at Two lads

looking at the view over Bolton

the mast from the Two Lads

sunset looking towards Rivington Pike -can you see the Pike ?

between the mast and the pike

running towards the pike

Pigeon tower from the pike

Rivington pike -looks like i am nearly as tall as the mast , standing on the edge of the hill

Bell Pit below Rivington pike  

down from the pike towards brown hill 

can you see me ?

up from the dog hotel !

looking back to the Pike 

across the cattle grid

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

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

http://www.angelfire.com/in/rivington/

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

http://www.rivingtonboardingkennels.co.uk/

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

http://nwex.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6595

if you wanted to know what it looked like at the top of the Pike !

http://www.d.lane.btinternet.co.uk/winterpike.html

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

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Rivington%20Pike

http://justramblingon.co.uk/history-pages/two-lads-hill/

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

Rivington Pike links

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

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

Two Lads links

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

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

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

http://www.daveweb.co.uk/whvol2.pdf

Bolton Mountain rescue

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

Belmont to New chapel Lane 4.3 miles

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

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Belmont

Belmont: “Fair or beautiful mountain”. Derived from Low Latin ‘bellus’ – fair, beautiful, and ‘montem’ – a mountain.

taken from -http://www.belmontvillage.org.uk/History.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_Lancashire

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

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9001003.Firefighters_tackle_huge_moorland_blaze_in_Belmont/

old controls for lower height reservoir 

settling tank for the water supply 

controls for the release of the water 

Fibre  optic cable underground 

spring reservoir 

on the route of the winter Hill

overlooking Belmont 

Old mines  NE of Winter Hill mast 

on the way to the two lads - mast in the background

Two Lads -day was grey top of the mast in cloud 

running towards Wilderswood -we turned right to go down to Wilderswood 

Wilderswood -Montcliffe 

Yates Horwich Brick

Yates Plastic Brick from Horwich 

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

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28709338@N04/2688234785/

http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/belmont-to-chorley-old-road-310164/