Hadrian's wall -Once Brewed to Winshield crag

old mine

near peel   turret

near turret 39a

the wall near turret 39b on way to winshield crag

me on the wall

the trig point at winshield crag

route we took 

http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/hadrian-s-wall-302338/

local Links 

Local YHA

http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/northumberland-north-pennines/hostels/once-brewed/index.aspx

Info about Hadrian's wall trail 

http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/text.asp?PageId=186

Winshield Crag 

http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/googlemaps.php?qu=S&rf=5281

Winshield crag  picture 

http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=16554004 

Coniston Old Man Mine or Moss head Slate Quarry Part 1

this is the youth hostel we stayed at

the view is beautiful

this hill is very hard to run up it became steeper later on !

a old truck?

slate waste-very hard to run up -see the video below!

a iron  rope for  moving the slate  

we  followed the iron rope to locate the mine up the mountain - Coniston Old Man

iron pole for sliding and for moving the slate -can you see the rail tracks ?

machine made in Leeds

the first mine site

this is a tunnel ,this was blocked after 40 feet

on top of the first tunnel

Links :



http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/united-kingdom/null/178128558938845890
http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/coniston-old-man-mine-299778/


use the 3 D display to see the complete route in mapmyrun
1341 feet climb in total , climb to the mine has a ranking  of 1 which is the most severe climb rating without climbing , 4.21 miles total  completed in 3.5 hours, pause time in mines exploring 1.5 hours,