overlooking the mine -Coniston village in the background
down the slate along the slate track
having a rest
sunbathing -this is a doorway look carefully!
a very big wheel -part of the slate transport ?
the railway that goes nowhere -nickname railway of doom
in the mine -the torch has 1m candle watts of power only shows up a small part of the mine
in the big dark mine
a video of the trip inside the mine
exit from mine
looking at the view to Coniston lake from another railway track
across the slate waste with Coniston in the background
big pieces of slate
view of Coniston lake , the car park where we parked is just visable
nearly back to the car
see part 1 and 2 for further details – of the trip
Links :
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 using ropes , 4.21 miles total completed in 3.5 hours, pause time in mines exploring 1.5 hours,
Jake of winter hill 