Rivington Pike from Wilderswood World Autism Awareness day 2012

Rivington Pike trip for World autism awareness day 2012
I spent the day talking about Autism at School as its important to tell people what it is like to have Autism,
some of the Photos my dad took of the trip we have got a new camera !

Wilderswood

This is a person taken from Wilderswood  next to the two lads!

Rivington Pike !

we met Mal and His Dogs !

http://justramblingon.co.uk/

Mal Firth and Brett , Sam and Molly 

I spent ages throwing a stick 

Mal

Reebok stadium

http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/social-history-images/200299/imageFile
someone has sent me a link to a old photo! I am on the right had side 


Hi pal, looked like you really enjoyed the mooch! Wish my Dad took me in a mine when I was your age 🙂 Anyway, here’s a link to a picture of Rivington Pike circa 1910. (Note it is already out of use and the ground level, it’s eroded a lot in the last century hasn’t it?) http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/social-history-images/200299/imageFile Keep up the good work. on underground in Wales

Roly poly well I am 8!

the mast in mist

winter hill mast

Great Photos Dad !

World Autism Awareness Day 2nd april 2012

World Autism Awareness Day – 2nd April

The UN has nominated April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day – a day for people across the globe to come together to raise awareness of autism and the effect it has on families.

We are going out today for a quick run to Winter Hill area ,

I am going to School tomorrow but will be talking about Autism in the class,

please have a look at some of the following web links for me 

http://www.autism.org.uk/about-autism.aspx

http://www.norsaca.org.uk/WAADpage.html?gclid=CNfYqZSVk68CFYwMtAodjS-czA

http://www.autism.org.uk/news-and-events/news-from-the-nas/stand-up-for-autism-on-waad.aspx

http://www.autistica.org.uk/worldautismday/index.php

http://www.autism.org.uk/en-GB/News-and-events/News-from-the-NAS/Stand-up-for-autism-on-WAAD.aspx?gclid=CLnC0eGdk68CFcYntAod2Ro40g

This is what I can do can you? have a look around at just some of things I can do !

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/

I have lots of interests though we do things in the safe way

remember

Don’t just run or walk Explore 

thanks for taking a look Jake !¬

Photo credit to Snakeoil

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/underground-in-wales.html

some snow pictures

https://jakeofwinterhill.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/img08523.jpg

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/rivington-pike-rivington-winter-hill.html

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/wilderswood-winter-hill-horwich-in-snow.html

my Birthday run

http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/coat-pit-to-counting-to-winter-hill-312868/

Just because I have autism doesn’t mean I cannot do things ! nearly 7 miles in wet windy conditions safely 

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=birthday

I have been to Holland, Belgium,  France, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Italy , Luxembourg and a few more places as well ,  I have lived in the Czech Republic in Prague, 

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/belgium-in-middle-of-netherlands-baarle.html

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Netherlands

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Belgium

Horwich Fireworks from Adam Hill,Horwich

we wanted a good view from the top of the Hill !
note from dad  because Jake did not like the noise we went on top of the hill to allow us to see a display without the loud noise ,
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt59095.html
http://affect.media.mit.edu/pdfs/09.Morris-thesis.pdf
http://autisticadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/noise-sensitivity-for-children-with.html

It was cold standing at the top of the hill and it was windy !

looking down on Horwich
http://www.hrmicc.com/home/ is the firework display i came to see
Horwich is where I live
http://www.horwich.gov.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horwich

we had some hot chocolate and some snacks

my dad had taught me to keep warm by dropping height and useing the heather to keep out of the wind so i became warm

I am keeping my eyes shut for the flash !

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

the fireworks were great ,
this is just a small part of the them ,
i hope one day to be able to watch them close up !

Wilderswood to Tigers Clough / Shaws Clough , Tramway investigation

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=364002&Y=412895&A=Y&Z=115

Quick Blog tonight !

note from dad : GPS seems to have been out tonight !

off we go

the Pike

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

Video taken showing the mast and Horwich and the Pike

Jake can vault a farm gate in a few seconds now even in the dark

Bricked up entrance , the other side has also been collapsed  to stop you getting in !

can you see the small brick entrance ?

Yates plastic brick

the tramway has been built up with stones

one of the mine drains in Tigers Clough

I have to balance carefully as its a 4 ft drop on one side plus its a stream and slippy !!!

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

the stream I have to cross is very fast tonight !

crossing another stream in the dark

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

looking around at the View ! we watched the planes as well

through the last fence

http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Tigers_Clough.html
Jakes blogs on Tigers or Shaws Clough
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Tigers%20Clough
http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=12060.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England)

crossing the river
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Douglas
http://www.bolton.org.uk/rivington.html
http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/social-history-images/200296?term=postcard&s_tags=&sort_by=Title&item_number=199&b_start:int=0
http://www.brianherald.co.uk/home/58422_moorland-stream.html
http://www.wiganman.co.uk/Content/history/Douglas-1.html
http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Rivington_Pike_Tower.html
https://jakeofwinterhill.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/me-in-the-snow-two-lads-rivingtonbrown-hill-river-douglaswilderswood/

http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/rivington/robbers-graves.htm
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a35d1e23-ce51-40a4-b558-bce138ad494b
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington
http://rivington.byethost14.com/doku.php?id=shaws-clough-lancashire

Wilderswood to Tigers Clough or Shaws Clough , Rivington, Chorley/Horwich

Note from Dad:
Jake has extra layers on due to risk of getting wet, he has a bum bag on, keeping extra kit  in,

Lower Rivington reservoir

Fast decent

I turn right here towards the old colliery

can you see the pike – i stopped off here for some Blackberries

Reebok stadium in the background , left hand side is wilderswood

between two old hedges

Pike cottage , winter hill mast and old mine workings  taken near Ormstons Farm

Old tramway down to the old brickworks

http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Tigers_Clough.html
Jakes blogs on Tigers or Shaws Clough 
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Tigers%20Clough
http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=12060.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England)

crossing the river
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Douglas
http://www.bolton.org.uk/rivington.html
http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/social-history-images/200296?term=postcard&s_tags=&sort_by=Title&item_number=199&b_start:int=0
http://www.brianherald.co.uk/home/58422_moorland-stream.html
http://www.wiganman.co.uk/Content/history/Douglas-1.html
http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Rivington_Pike_Tower.html
https://jakeofwinterhill.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/me-in-the-snow-two-lads-rivingtonbrown-hill-river-douglaswilderswood/

http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/rivington/robbers-graves.htm
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a35d1e23-ce51-40a4-b558-bce138ad494b
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington
http://rivington.byethost14.com/doku.php?id=shaws-clough-lancashire

i had to be careful , but i could run faster than my dad across this

down some slippery rocks

up the muddy steep bank

across river Douglas

the old dam

“Note: Richard Pilkington and Thomas Nightingale had created a dam and mill at what is now known
as Tigers Clough; its remains are still there. Richard Pilkington is ancestor of the Pilkingtons Glass
family”. Taken from the site below

http://images.julieh9154.multiply.multiplycontent.com/attachment/0/4168959/Will%20of%20Elizabeth%20Shaw%20Re%20Richard%20Pilkington%201787.pdf?key=pilkingtongroup:journal:37&nmid=180028983

W M Fletcher and sons Horwich Bricks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28709338@N04/2688365371/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecopycat/4293765198/

we looked for the source of the bricks , they were in the stream but we could not find any more upstream ?

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

http://nwex.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9276
we rescued some frogs !
old water storage

Tigers clough or Shaws clough waterfall
http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/acatalog/Tigers_Clough_Waterfall.html
http://justramblingon.co.uk/tag/tigers-clough/
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=301617
not quiet 5 mins from Boltons wanderers !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24429795@N04/3998790012/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24429795@N04/5750604170/
http://nwex.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9276
http://rivington.byethost14.com/doku.php?id=shaws-clough-lancashire

through  the woods

down a slope

Old mine track

up another slope

down another !

old bridge for the mine

crossing a fence

looking towards some old mine remains

Old mine track ?

Roly poly

towards the water tunnel – Georges lane at the top

it was full of iron coloured goo !

Rivington Pike in the background, the boundary stone between Horwich and Chorley

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

running back from pike cottage to wilderswood

Happy New year and review of 2010

Happy New Year

Jake thanks everyone for following his Blog for 2010 and looks forward to you joining in his adventures for 2011,

Jake started his Blog on the 31/07/2010,

Statistics for Jake’s Blog in 2010

68 Blog posts

12,000 views in total

5000 views in December

http://www.panoramio.com/user/4875445

This has received  over 2000 views on just over  a 100 photos, 90%  have been chosen and mapped in Google earth.

http://www.sanoodi.com/people/snewby/routes/

This gives a list of over 100 miles of Jakes adventures

This is a list of my routes –though the site has been down for some of the time ,so some of Jake’s routes are recorded in mapmyrun.com

Remember don’t just run or walk –explore !

 

 

Hello world!

I am 7 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!