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Winter Hill ,Horwich, UK
About Me Jake ,I am 11 years old and have Autism. This Blog is about what I can do not what I cannot,sometimes people think I cannot because I have autism ,this blog is about challenging that!I have lots of special interests, in particular running, exploring and this blog shows a small amount of what I get up to! Please be careful as some of activities I do may look easy are not , I know Winter Hill very well I can get off safely and know what to do when the weather closes in ,to keep myself safe I use high performance clothing and footwear,waterproof/ breathable/reflective/thermal layers. in layers so I keep warm and dry , I take my safety seriously and I always take care when out exploring. My dad is very experienced on the fells he is teaching me how to keep safe.I can use a map and compass, the hills can be windy , very cold, be wet , misty and boggy. STAY SAFE! check out under my link's for advice on safety from Bowland and Pennine Mountain rescue. Try my Winter Hill Challenge http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2011/02/10-or-14-peak-courses-on-winter-hill-by.html

Tuesday 26 July 2011

Wilderswood to Rivington pike old mine ,water tunnel 4 miles

me in the wood
raspberries !

jumping over a fallen tree
down to the stream
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BThl7R0y9UY/TGmH4iyKI2I/AAAAAAAAAGA/XrnP0XwcWCg/s1600/IMG00122.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BThl7R0y9UY/TRY0u_IGbfI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/VNVC5IUV7vE/s1600/IMG02856.jpg

main collery shaft no 1 wilderswood the shaft (capped) is in front of this

http://www.heatherandhillforts.co.uk/index.php/en/about/heather/71-bilberry


can you see the tramway ?
one of the horses
we will have to take a look at this !
Brown Hill
the pike

A fast beetle
behind the pike the sun was setting

I could see Blackpool tower from here
old pipe feeding the water tank

T&G Higson Halliwell (part of Bolton)
found in the middle of the moors  part of the water tank - Lord leverhulme's Rivington's garden -

old leval



can you see the old mine
this was narrow -it was wet dark and full of spiders !

note from Dad This is narrow and even jake had to crouch and shuffle along - it was worse for me
looking out for spiders !

video's from the water tunnel

http://www.heatherandhillforts.co.uk/index.php/en/about/heather/71-bilberry
Bilberries 
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Pigeon%20Tower



Pigeon tower 
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/97653


http://www.rivingtonhallbarn.co.uk/localarea/


http://www.chorley.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1202


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


http://www.bolton.org.uk/terraced.html


http://www.angelfire.com/in/rivington/leverpark.html


http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=125-zhc&cid=1#1 details of the plans held for Roynton Cottage,

Link to the person who designed the  Lever park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hayton_Mawson

http://www.leverpark.co.uk/ friends of Lever park

maps of rivington
http://rivington-lancashire.com/MapsP2.html




Lower Rivington reservoir

just below brown hill
on our way back we gave directions to some people who were looking for the pike !

The pike at sunset brown hill has the trees on it to the left
the sunset had a orange glow to it - making me look Orange !

see !

4 comments:

  1. I have just been catching up with your recent posts. Its good to see you are out and about enjoying the summer.

    All the best
    Steve(sbrt)

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  2. Steve Thanks for following the Blog ,Jake is looking forward to trips to day trips to the Lake district , one week in Holland on the coast and one in Belgium near Bastogne. Like your post http://sbrtrfr.blogspot.com/2011/07/saddle-up.html regards Simon

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  3. Jake I did not know you did exploring up rivington , one of the things I would love to do but never got the time, glad to see your getting about and becarecul out there , theres alot of mines.

    From jason , worked at your school take care :)

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  4. It is a great place , the mines are long term sealed up, we are always careful on the hills, Thanks for commenting on My blog, Jake

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