Coal pit road to counting hill winter hill mast to two lads to Wallsuches

This was a night time run in poor weather, but at least it was not cold tonight !

it is a recreation of my birthday run ! 

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/birthday-run-from-coal-pit-road-to.html

 Night time view towards Bolton and Manchester from Coal pit road

 http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/birthday-run-from-coal-pit-road-to.html

 I use hi viz clothing to keep my self safe , I have additional safety equipment,  i have a back up light plus spare batteries,  please be careful the route was mostly in the mist ,foggy and rain ! I ran in heavy weight kit tonight because i was going to spend time going through the mud and I am not used to the hills so it was going to take longer to run this , we did around 5 miles  in just over a hour !

 memorial at Winter Hill Mast

 driving rain and mist

 cleaned picture

 new inscription on the two lads !

 looking at the view the mist had cleared so i could see the view

 top of the two lads
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England)

 A view from the two lads , Bolton and Horwich

My Birthday I am 8 years old today

Evie and Jake and leo
Note Jake reviewed the Blog Photos and helped me write this entry !

Evie helping Jake ;)

Apache Helicopter 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/aircraft/1531.aspx

Jake outside the Imperial War Museum

http://north.iwm.org.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/55

Rank Hovis and T55 turret

Harrier Jet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jump_Jet

Old WW1 siege gun used by Germany

T34 tank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-34

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant
I saw these in Prague !

DDR - East Germany 

Old Contact mine

Rolls Royce Merlin engine

Rolls Royce Merlin engine

Vulcan bomber jet engine
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/10/solway-air-museum-at-carlisle-airport.html

Outside the BBC Manchester at Media City ! 

 Coal pit road

 Old dam -showing the  mist

very wet  just the way we like it ;)

mist became driving rain  , 

misty conditions 

one hat 

wet condition's underfoot 

two hats plus change of trousers  to  waterproof

 Winter Hill trigg - I am standing on this ! very atmospheric ,

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicUontpoJnaZiD0OQkM456_erWS3baVUdUk_2cV5pbEFJoAhIfu3wCaHo7ViKfu9bCY19iYPYXgcLxk2oI0vl7JCLur1G4B4XeiSmg_oihXE6ZhZ2FQe2A1D3ScuPV9Q1Bpv-SfaoMZcQ/s1600/DSCF3808.JPG
the last time i did this

 Two lads

 gateway on wildersmoor near Wilderswood

Walsuches 

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

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

Jake in the dark - taken under some trees when we were running  , his Jacket has reflective strips on it so does the bum bag he has on this is combined with the reflective vest adds to safety aspect, either side of jakes reflective vest are two hi viz  strobe lights one rated at 1 mile plus Jakes safety kit - spare torches, whistle, gloves(waterproof), map/compass. food, reflective blanket, he has a GPS tracker on him plus a proximity alarm set to go off after the safety zone distance from me is breached, a mobile phone,
we switched to Jakes winter grade waterproof for this run as a precaution due to the weather conditions,
I carry further spares - for Jake, spare hat, spare winter grade socks thicker fleece zip in or stand alone, spare coat to allow duel layer coat technology in this case , I carry two survival bags  plus spare torches ,


http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/coat-pit-to-counting-to-winter-hill-312868/

weather condition's :  mist which turned to driving rain , very wet with very low visibility ,

6.9 miles to the field next to where we live,
323 metres gain
aver 3.6 miles
full blog entry
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2011/08/birthday-run-from-coal-pit-road-to.html

Jake had a full set of wet weather equipment on in the end  , Jake changed his equipment as the conditions changed , this is a tough route in what were far from ideal conditions , a lot of care is taken to keep jake safe,  No jake did not get the hi viz vest for his birthday!

Note: this entry was entered by Jake's Dad with Jake's assistance !