Christmas day and Wilderswood

Christmas day , I had a great day today , we went for a walk and watched films and played with our new toys , we had a really good breakfast and roast beef for our main meal.

 Me and Leo

 These are Leo's Hand prints

 

 Leo

 We had Italian pancetta , Croissant and scrambled egg for Breakfast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancetta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croissant

 I liked this

 Leo enjoyed the breakfast - scrambled eggs and Croissant

 Evie looks at her presents

 one of my presents

 Evie is opening one of her Presents

 I am very happy the Game I wanted

 Leo opens his main present from out Nana

 Leo likes his new present 

 one of the Art books Evie got

 This is the Pin art -my Hand !

Walk around Wilderswood
we did this last year but it had snowed
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/12/wilderswood-in-snow-horwich-christmas.html


our route this year
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/61690758

       

    

 in the woods

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

 Evie in her Pink coat

 Evie and mummy

 Love the mud !

 They have planted new trees to replace the pine trees which were cut down
the Pike !

 walking towards Cabin pit

 I am running up the track

 having a look at the stream which flows underneath the track here

 running past  there are a lot of mine tunnels under where we are

 part of the old mine buildings

 some odd holes in the walls ?

 this is old pit head !

 Iron trough

 The pike

 an old rail from the old mine used as a fence post !

 Looking over Horwich and Blackrod

winter Hill mast and the two lads and of course my hat !

Wilderswood, rivington without the Trees

running next to the Wilderswood

where they have felled the trees

Trees being felled due to a pine disease problem 

http://www.fs.fed.us/r1-r4/spf/fhp/field_guide/132-135pb.htm

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/8824393.Don___t_go_down_to_the_woods_today/

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FR0102pests.pdf/$FILE/FR0102pests.pdf

no trees left - clear felled, not even the plants which were not effected were left
note from dad there is lot of old remains from the mines here -they have now gone

last few trees

running down the slope only thing left is the bark from the trees ?

running towards cabin pit

hmm they left this one ?

down towards the stream

careful this is is very loose

into the stream 

going down the waterfall it was slippy 

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Wilderswood%20water%20tunnel

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

though the water tunnel 

over the wall just by cabins pit

up from the Cabin pit

back to the tree line

one of the old entrances -will they destroy this ?

part of the Rockhaven castle garden can you see the path ?

the old pottery i found at Rockhaven castle 

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2011/02/rivington-road-to-wilderswood-rivington.html

http://justramblingon.co.uk/country-walks/rivington/to-the-wilderswood/

http://www.about-horwich.co.uk/horwich/Rockhaven_Castle.html

route taken 

http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/wilderswood-rivington-without-the-wood-310922/