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!
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Posted in Uncategorized with tags Autism, Belgium, Blackburn With Darwen, Blacksyke, Burnt edge, Coniston, Cumbria, Disused Railway, fell running, Hadrians wall, La Bastogne, La Roche, Lake District, Lancashire, Lead mines clough, mine, Montcliffe, Old mine, Old Quarry, Rivington Pike, slate mine, Two lads, Wallsuches, water tunnels, waterfalls, wilderswood, winter hill on December 12, 2010 by jakeofwinterhillHidden places near Goosnargh,Preston ,Cold war Bunker , Chingle Hall the most haunted house in England ,Whittingham Hospital (disused largest mental hospital in the country),Orchard (rare fruit tree’s) ,
Posted in Bunker, Chingle Hall, Cold war, Disused Railway, Goosnargh, Haunted house, Lancashire, Orchard, Preston, Whittingham hospital with tags Bunker, Chingle Hall, Cold war, Disused Railway, Goosnargh, Haunted house, Lancashire, Orchard, Preston, Whittingham hospital on November 20, 2010 by jakeofwinterhill
guard house to the Bunker for Preston
bunker main entrance
Video this shows you Goosenargh filter station for this site !
radio station/Mast
Note from Dad Vodafone use this !
a church in Goosnargh
painted window (look carefully)
the haunted house (Chingle Hall) you can see the moat !
Note from Dad – the most haunted house in England ?
??? next to Chingle hall
Chingle Hall -the haunted house ?
Whittingham asylum was home to nearly 3,533 patients (and 600 staff) making it the largest populated in Great Britain and second largest in Europe
it had its own church, farms, railway, telephone exchange, post office, reservoirs, gas works, brewery, orchestra,
brass band, ballroom and butchers.
brass band, ballroom and butchers.
Above is the Cameron House section
Plan of Hospital
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/tags.php?tag=goosnargh
This is the St lukes section -Male patients
This is the St lukes section -Male patients
the old station
railway bridge -look carefully
this is the orchard which is very special
http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/entertainment/fruits_in_season_at_whittingham_1_1852020
WHITTINGHAM ORCHARD
Whittingham Hospital was built in the last quarter of the 19th century. Its orchard which we help to maintain still contains over 200 trees with 18 varieties of apples and 3 of pears. We have replaced some of the lost trees with trees of similar varieties. The hospital was self-sufficient in fruit from the orchard from October to May. The following are the varieties to be found in it:
APPLES
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Alfriston
Annie Elizabeth Bramley’s Seedling Crimson Bramley Early Victoria Edward VII Ellison’s Orange Golden Spire Grenadier |
Howgate Wonder
Keswick Codlin Lane’s Prince Albert Laxton’s Superb Lord Derby Monarch Newton Wonder Scotch Bridget Warners King |
PEARS
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Early Portugal
Louise Bonne Pitmaston Duchess |
This is taken from
hospital fire station
site of the old brewery
main entrance to the hospital
hospital church
feeding the ducks
lots of ducks
Note from Dad no work has been done !
remains of a headstone found in the lane !
Our route
Link about the new hospital
Links about Goosnargh and Whittingham
Where I was baptised
Forest head to Gains – disused railways,Old Mines and quarries -Cumbria
Posted in Blacksyke, Brampton, colliery, Cumbria, Disused Railway, fell running, Foggy, forest head, gairs, mine, Old mines, Old Quarry, Railway with tags Blacksyke, Brampton, colliery, Cumbria, Disused Railway, fell running, Foggy, Forest head, gairs, mine, Old mines, Old Quarry, Railway on October 26, 2010 by jakeofwinterhill
image of area from
http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/brampton_railway_mines.html
we went from Blacksyke colliery to the Blacksyke quarry to Gairs colliery
along this route ran the famous Rocket steam engine
“In April 1837 James Thompson purchased George Stephensons Rocket from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway for the sum of £300″
background note:
Blacksyke Colliery
“Blacksyke Colliery’s first shaft was sunk during 1820-1 and went into production in 1822-3 using a steam engine for pumping and coal winding. To serve this Blacksyke colliery a branch line was put in East of Hallbangate climbing in a south westerly direction via a rope hauled line to reach this bleakly sited colliery”.
http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/brampton_railway_mines.html
http://www.dmm.org.uk/articles/8510805.htm
details of accidents at colliery
this is a coke oven
mine in the mist
at the top of the hill of mine waste
steam engine where it used to be
note from dad : used for mine and the railway -incline was too steep for engines on their own !
video of Blacksyke mine
Blacksyke s quarry
red sandstone
note from dad -not from this area looks like Eden red sandstone ?
smmmmmooooth stone looks like wood !
Blacksyke quarry from above
Forest head Quarry
try and spot the railway line
Here are the railway tracks to Gains Colliery
background note :
Gairs Colliery – Work began on Gairs Colliery on the bleak windswept fells above Hallbankgate during 1909 and was completed by 1912. Besides the main seam there was a blacksmith shop and screens for sorting the coal. With this new development a further extension of the Brampton Railway was completed with a branch leaving the Blacksyke route near Forrest Head and following the course of the older line to Howgill. Beyond Howgill the new line climbed steeply to Gairs Colliery with gradients of between 1 in 27 to 1 in 18 which was one of the steepest worked adhesion lines in Great Britian at the time. At its peak in 1921 Gairs Colliery employed 180 below ground and 51 above ground and was finally abandoned on 6th September 1936
http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/brampton_railway_mines.html
an old railway bridge on the way to Gains colliery
the spooky house ( dads note :Gains house where the mine manager was supposed to live but its split into two houses which are equal ? )
–Dads note we did not explore the mine because of the weather moving in see right hand side of the photo
safety choice – Jake was tired due to adverse weather conditions , don’t take risks and become a casualty there’s always next time !
I am in the fog wind and rain again
note from Dad -we dropped height and took the protected route next to the stone wall to avoid the wind
video showing high wind ,rain and low level cloud
a mine opening ?
(one of the small breaks in the weather to allow a good photo )
note – from dad
weather for route
high winds leading to high chill factor -cold due to driving rain and wind , poor visibility at times -down to 5m ,
above this area is a place called cold fell – a name not without reason !
route taken
blackberry played up due to getting wet so distance is underestimated times/speed not accurate
http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/forest-head-to-gains-4.6-miles-302292/
point to point run
links
walk links
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/Content/Internet/544/932/4009111315.pdf
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/content/internet/544/932/4009111739.pdf
we used a combination of the above two walks plus the Cumbria railways site to explore this area
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/461843 Gains mine in better weather than we had !
Explore the disused railway at Dochamps, Belgium two trips 29/8 and 2/9
Posted in Belgium, Disused Railway, Dochamps, Railway with tags Belgium, Disused Railway, Dochamps, Rail, Railway on September 2, 2010 by jakeofwinterhill
a set of points
a expansion gap that allows for hot weather
a bolt to hold the track and has the letter B on it ,I collected some of these.
level crossing sign
a railway sign
there were a lots of nettles we used a stick to clear the nettles
a bend on the track
I am standing on a bridge
Jake of winter hill 