New Chapel lane to Wallsuches to Fleet street

 

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/59147864

New chapel lane

me walking on tha pavement -there isnt a lot of pavement along this road !
you have to be careful on this road

bottom of Georges lane

great name !

Evie showing me the E in her name !

one of the houses for Wallsuches

we watched the swans and geese on the reservoir

the Dam wall

me looking for bugs

Evie in the water -this freezes in the winter
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-chapel-lane-to-bottom-oth-moor-to.html
https://jakeofwinterhill.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img026281.jpg

Arcon Village

Can you see the bricks , the rest of the house is stone

can you the insect

can you see the Pike ?

this is strange its like a doorway in the wall ?

a strange pool

post – red rose forest
http://www.redroseforest.co.uk/

Ridgmont cematory
http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/bolton-archives/archives-indexes/cemetery-registers/#ridgmont
http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/bolton-archives/archives-indexes/cemetery-registers/

in the bushes was a stone lined well – tunnel ?

next to Ridgmont house looks almost man made hill ?

this is a very old part of Horwich -Fleet street
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Fleet%20street

one of the houses has 1771

Monkey Puzzle tree !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_araucana

Horwich Parish Church
http://holytrinityhorwich.com/default.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horwich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Horwich

can you see the hawk ?

New Chapel Lane ,Wilson Fold Farm ,Coal Brow and Bottom o’th moor

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/58506654 

My route:

Note from Dad: the camera was wet and so some of the Photos have a blurred edge at the bottom,

apologies I had been out with jake on a navigation in the mist , I dropped the camera in a stream when i lost my footing on a slippery rock.

New chapel lane  we went  to walk up to the New chapel

New chapel was started in 1716!
http://www.urc.org.uk/church/view?church_id=169
After being ejected from Horwich Chapel, Richard Pilkington built “New Chapel” for the nonconformists between 1716 and 1719. It was enlarged in 1805. 
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/profiles/4878432.Horwich_profiled___a_look_at_your_area/
The Pilkingtons were farmers who became gentry, Richard Pilkington was owner of rights of the Horwich Manor.William Pilkington (1765–1831) became a physician and apothecary in St Helens and his sons Richard (1795–1869) and William (1800–1872) were the founders of Pilkington Glass.
http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/archivesimages02/1855loc?term=horwich&s_tags=&sort_by=Title&item_number=21&b_start:int=0
http://www.pilkington.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilkington

the sheep came to stare at us!

Bolton Fold Farm

 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-210511-bolton-fold-farmhouse-and-cottage-horwic
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=125-zhc&cid=0#0

we are not sure what the stone was for ?

some new earthworks on the Bolton Fold farm land

Leo looking around

there are a lot of bare trees now which have lost their leaves.

This is a old bridge made out of a stone slab !

It looks like i have three arms ! -its Evie behind me !

the leaves are beautiful at this time of year

I catch a tree to stop me as its very muddy and slippy wish i wore my trainers !

across another Bridge

we spent some time stroking the horse he was very gentle !

This is a place where you can get on a horse , can you see the stone trough ?
this is called Wilson fold farm
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place:Bolton_Registration_District,_1871_Census_Street_Index_U-Z


http://www.lostockac.co.uk/diary/wednesday-14th-july-trail-group/

its very muddy !

the water drops look very nice on the grass

see how deep the mud is

its very steep and hard work with the mud

can you see the cob webs ?

this is a ground web ! they only show up when its wet !

the old mine waste from Coal Brow

I am looking at the rocks , there is no vegetation on this mine waste -something in the waste stops plants growing

gorse flowers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorse
http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/advice/gorse/index.aspx

this section has been straightened was this the leval  for the mine?

bits of coal found in the straight bit

some more horses

me and Evie enjoy GORP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_mix

(good old raisins and peanuts !)

the lake near Bottom o’th moor

 http://www.flickr.com/places/United+Kingdom/England/Bottom+o’th’Moor
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-chapel-lane-to-bottom-oth-moor-to.html
great name !

I counted these and the tree was 36 !

Horwich moor Methodist Church
http://www.horwichmethodistmission.org.uk/
http://www.horwichmethodistmission.org.uk/horwichmoor/index.htm
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Horwich/BottomothMoorPrimitiveMethodist.shtml

Bolton Fold Farm new work going ahead

Great name

Leo falls asleep he always falls asleep on this side ! Leo wont fall asleep on the pillow in the back carrier!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horwich
http://www.bolton.org.uk/horwich.html

weather was cold -wet and very misty , everything became wet

Wilderswood , Crooked edge Hill ,Two Lads, Wallsuches to new chapel lane , Winter Hill, Horwich

 

route

http://www.sanoodi.com/routes/two-lads-to-new-chapel-lane-horwich-304860/

3 miles – Wilderswood , Crooked edge Hill ,Two Lads, Wallsuches to New Chapel lane

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

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

Jakes blogs for Montcliffe

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Montcliffe

Jakes Blogs for two lads

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/Two%20lads

Jakes Blogs for New Chapel Lane

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/search/label/New%20chapel%20Lane

note from Dad : Wilderswood  – on the left hand side of the wood was shaft number 1 for wilderswood colliery

Rivington Pike

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

Lower Rivington reservoir

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

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

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/jed/rivington_reservoirs.htm

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/landscape/landscapecharacass/charcarea9.asp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/underground/reservoir/history.shtml

Me in the mist
http://justramblingon.co.uk/history-pages/two-lads-hill/

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

note from dad :Memorial to Claire Astbury  1977 to 2009 which we found just below two lads

http://claire-bear-astbury.gonetoosoon.org/

me on top of two lads it was too windy to stay upright safely

me running down the hill from two lads

can you find me

me in the mud

coal on the path , pieces of old brick found on this path

pieces of burnt coal  called clinker –
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clinker 

Note from dad :armchair – almost a bell pit shape -side nearest seems to have been washed away!

me climbing out of a stream

Red Moss , Reebok stadium  from Montcliffe

one tiny orange mushroom – can you see ?

iron rail found on path down from Lower Montcliffe Quarry

fossil which we found last time

https://jakeofwinterhill.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/img00197.jpg

 

Path up to one of the Montcliffe lower quarries

on the way to the reservoir above the Arcon development  on the way to Wallsuches

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

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-462376-wallsuches-bleach-works-horwich

http://www.redrow.co.uk/developments/arcon-village/

weather:

visibility went from  just under a mile  to 15 metres in just under 10 mins

high wind chill factor , sleet some snow and hail ,

enjoy and keep safe when outside

please take care

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

http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=main

http://www.lancashireminesrescue.colsal.org.uk/

Me in the Snow, Two Lads, Rivington,Brown Hill, River Douglas,Wilderswood,

Quick Photo collection of me in the Snow

Two Lads

Two Lads

Two Lads

Two Lads

Brown Hill –Rivington pike

Georges lane

Georges lane

Wilderswood

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

River Douglas

near New chapel Lane

near New chapel Lane

sledging

Smithills moor at night in mist with sleet –

Walker fold to Burnt edge to Montcliffe to wallsuches ,Winter Hill, Horwich(-snow -8C)

hot chocolate in the snow

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/09/burnt-edge-colliery-and-hedgehog.html
This is picture of the Burnt edge colliery

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/09/burnt-edge-colliery-and-hedgehog.html

https://jakeofwinterhill.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/img01012.jpg

https://jakeofwinterhill.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/img01015.jpg

previous pictures of the colliery without the snow

crossing the snow -without a path

deep snow -this was crisp on top if you went through this it was deep -up-to my Knees

looking   at a plane going to Manchester airport enlarge the picture !

video as the Sun going down – red sunset, winter Hill mast ,

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/horwich/363129157103350847

This route takes is over 3 miles , we had another mile to go after this – turn left  to where we arranged to be picked up at new chapel lane church one of the nine heritage buildings
http://www.horwich.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=80
http://www.horwichchurches.com/church-new-chapel.php

Wallsuches –Between Montserrat and Horwich is Wallsuches, and it is thought that the name is derived from ‘wella’, the Old English for water, and ‘soc’, Old English for soak. It was here that the Ridgeway family moved their bleaching croft, from the centre of Bolton, to a site by the stream called Pearl Brook in the late 18th century. Bottom o’th’Moor is just above Wallsuches.
http://www.bolton.org.uk/wallsuches.html


http://www.redrow.co.uk/developments/arcon-village/
housing development on old bleach works site


http://www.ss-osands.org.uk/ssosands/beep/horwich/wall%20and%20ridge.htm


further details of Bleach works and Wallsuches,

route:snow deep in places , very cold and high wind chill factor , failing light ,  temperature without Wind chill at -8c ,

Note from Dad  :Please take advice/care  before going up on the Hills

http://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/mountain-advice

http://blogs.liverpoolecho.co.uk/aintnomountainhighenough/2010/01/snow-and-snowdonia—taking-ad.html

http://www.mountainrescue.org.uk/safety-advice

http://blog.dialaphone.co.uk/2010/11/25/new-mobile-mountain-rescue-service-–-just-in-time-for-the-snow/

http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=main

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

http://www.meteogroup.co.uk/uk/home/weather/world_weather/city_weather/city/99021/winter-hill.html?cityID=99021