Two Lads to Wilderswood via sportsman's cottage

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quick Blog entry just to get back out on Winter Hill 

 the Start - we have not run on Winter hill for two weeks

 Two lads and the pike

lots of heather at this time of the year

 Just started to rain

 someone added a seat ?

 looking towards the mast

 these are some trucks with motorized hang gliders in the back

 Philipson and son bricks

 some old bricks and debris from old buildings

 looking towards the mast

 the pike ,

 going towards crooked hill

 down to sportsman's cottage  I did some roly poly just  down from here !

 down towards wilderswood

 it was dark through the trees

 Note from dad Jake has multiple layer reflective 360 capability , Jake also has a extra spare torche on him,  the strobe light on the right has a 1 mile visibility range it is also reflective.

 running through Wilderswood near the old mine entrances

 it was getting dark back towards the two lads

Note from Dad : we are getting ready for winter and the dark nights ,Jake is already carry extra safety equipment , greater use of Hi viz but not winter grade equipment we normally carry full waterproof  from head to feet is carried. today was drizzle nice to be back on the moors !

Jake says Keep safe 

http://www.bowlandpenninemrt.org.uk/safety.htm

http://prestonwalkies.blogspot.com/2007/04/wilderswood-and-winter-hill.html

http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Two_Lads_Cairns.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England)

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

8 mile round trip ,Margaret 6600 Bastogne, Ligne 163 , bois de la paix, wood of Peace , Belguim,

Note from Dad This was a warm day at around 25 , humid , 8 miles aprox .

   

Start of the Church at Margaret 6600 Bastogne,

small commemorative plaque

most of the roads are called Margaret , so they put a sign up telling where to find the house numbers

off we go !

can you see the flock of birds - they were very noisy !

the electricity line was full of the birds !

we passed a lot of cows !

Evie and me have sun cream on already

Leo also has sun cream on but he does not like it being put on ,

Evie in the woods - this is peace woods

there is lots of woods around here,

a sign telling you about a path !

can you see the wind turbine?

we found a old trailer on the railway

This the railway line looking towards the memorial for 101st airborne divsion

an old bridge - I spent time here while we were having a picnic looking at lizards they were too fast to photograph, they were black in colour

look what hopped onto Leo's push chair

a green grasshopper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=green+grasshopper&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=699&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=0C9hTpvUI8WEOqz01EU&sqi=2&ved=0CDoQsAQ

its on me !

off we go , we saw lots of people on bikes

Leo is sitting up most of the time in the pushchair

after such a long walk Leo is asleep with his sun hat on him !

Ths old station can you see the sunflower ?
next to it is the memorial to the 101st Airborne division we saw last time 
http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/ardennen/bas1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division
http://www.101airborneww2.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastogne
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=101+airborne+bastogne&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=699&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=uCVhTp2ZCIuhOrWQlJUE&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQsAQ
http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/101stairborne/
http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/resources/csi/mitchell/mitchell.asp
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42679138
http://chrishowells.co.uk/?page_id=341

we found a beetle in the grass

Evie held it too !

http://www.opt.be/informations/tourist_attractions_bastogne__bois_de_la_paix__wood_of_peace_/en/V/30243.html

http://www.visitbelgium.com/?page=mustbas

http://paysdebastogne.be/en/Discoveries/battle-of-the-bulge/hades_visite_fiche/the-wood-of-peace/e_1702

http://www.igougo.com/journal-j13706-Bastogne-Bastogne-And_a_Time_to_Remember.html

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

Http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=877952&site_id=1#import

he 4,000 trees making up this wood were planted for the 50t

these are some of the solders names who came back

the beetle is still on me !

some of the trees that make up the woods

a rest - this was a long way - we now have just done 6 miles ,

we are running about - still 

Evie on road from the peace woods back to Margaret  its about another 2 miles from here :(