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 !

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Friday, 28 December 2012

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

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Two Lads to Rivington and back again in fog/deep bog

route

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/61372130

around 4 miles in very foggy and failing light ,

the bogs were very deep tonight between the pike and the mast ,

Jake was at one point thigh deep !

very wet underfoot and wind chill left it feeling cold ,

This run was to test equipment and Jake's navigation .

for people who are unaware Jake has a full set of safety kit on him , full cover, phone, online GPS tracker -there are no blackout areas for the GPS on this route , whistle, walkie talkie ,headlamp ,spare torch, Two strobe lights -1 mile visibility , Hi reflective clothing, spare clothing, food .compass/map . we take Jake's safety very seriously, the clothing he uses is waterproof, multi layer high performance, His trainers are Walsh trainers designed for these conditions, Jake is very experienced on these fells but we err on the side of caution and kept to easy navigation routes. please be careful what Jake makes look easy really isn't in the dark and poor conditions. Please be careful !