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

200th post My Friend Mal Firth , four Dogs and Winter Hill

Me ,Evie and Leo are going for a walk upto the two lads

Winter Hill Mast

two brothers going towards the two lads !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England)
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6623/two_lads.html
http://www.landscapebritain.co.uk/section/5018/two-lads-cairns/
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2012/04/two-lads-horwich-blustery-day.html
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2012/05/two-lads-tramway-mines-hole-bottom-and.html
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2012/04/two-lads-to-bell-pits-to-hole-bottom.html

Evie out and about looking at the grass which are in Flower

Two Lads

I am showing Evie the view

Evie shows me a rock with sparkles in it

you can see  Manchester from here

You can see Red Moss and the Reebok stadium

Evie looking at some nice rocks , she has a new fleece !Evie likes pink !

Evie wearing here pepper pig wellies

I am showing Evie how to cross this

It was great just to explore and splash through the puddles

I saw Mal so we went to go and see him , Leo is in the Back carrier , Mal has a great walking site
https://plus.google.com/115067517513197991613/posts
http://justramblingon.co.uk/

The dogs had some toys to play with

Me and Evie playing for the dogs , Brett ,Sam and Molly

I took the dogs onto the two lads !

This is Bolton , you can see the peak district in the background

They love to chew plast bottles, its a shame that people leave these behind on winter hill :(

from here you can see the Rain

they had a friend today

We had such a great time today , Leo managed to stroke the dogs as well !
thanks Mal !

Note from dad, Jake and Evie and Leo wore wellingtons today ,  the ground was very wet and they wanted to splash in the puddles , Jake is very used to the rough grass and tussocks , please be careful as wellingtons  are not supportive ,I carry  fully protective clothing for each of them just in case even on day like this !

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