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Off up The Pike
Off up The Pike
Photo: Mick Langton
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Item #: 30767
November 2010 and my young granddaughter is intent on conquering Rivington Pike.

Comment by: Helen of Troy on 3rd October 2018 at 09:07

What a delightful photo. Thank you Mick

Comment by: Poet on 3rd October 2018 at 14:08

What would be the hill distant left?. Parbold,Harrock,Hunters?..
I'm often up adjacent Great hill and can never decide.

Comment by: john brown on 3rd October 2018 at 15:11

Did she manage it then?

Comment by: Mick Langton on 3rd October 2018 at 15:58

She did John.

Comment by: Jarvo on 3rd October 2018 at 19:19

This is coming from the Bolton side I presume...

Comment by: Dennis Miller on 4th October 2018 at 07:44

Is that coming down Two Lads (Crooked Edge Hill) Mick?

Comment by: Mick Langton on 4th October 2018 at 09:56

Yes Dennis it is taken from Crooked Edge Hill just off Georges Lane.I don't think the distant hill is Parbold Poet, I would say this view is looking north. I'll have a closer look next time I'm up there!

Comment by: Poet on 4th October 2018 at 10:07

View is looking west Mick over the Lancs plain to Southport.
The M6 is running parallel to the horizon.
I reckon those hills are to the southwest. Hunters Hill I reckon.
Lovely photo by the way.Regards.

Comment by: Cullie on 4th October 2018 at 11:51

Now then Mick this is an unusual shot on your behalf
Where are the class 40’s

Comment by: Mick Langton on 4th October 2018 at 13:00

Poet if I can still read an OS map(and I think I can) this is looking north, maybe slightly NNW. Looking west from this point you would see Rivington reservoirs and the M61. Thanks for the compliment by the way.

Comment by: Mick on 4th October 2018 at 14:14

Anybody who gets out and about would know it was Hunter hill

Comment by: Poet on 4th October 2018 at 14:47

Thanks for responding Mick. I'm still baffled by yonder hill however! Clearly not the Lakeland fells. Perhaps the key lies in the position of the mast on Winter Hill which stands to the north east of the Pike. You can see the path to it running off on the right.

Comment by: From Where on 5th October 2018 at 18:08

What a view , this child that grew , what a new and glorious adventure !
As we question , argue and debate , her mark is not yet born in fate , she sees just an open , empty , far reaching canvas .. what a moment , we each can fill , as one book opens , one lies still . I hope she will fly , don’t you ..

Comment by: Poet on 6th October 2018 at 09:35

She sees just an open empty canvas... lovely words to match this photo.

Comment by: Poet on 6th October 2018 at 11:08

A Resolute Young Lady's View


Threads of frost net the dry stone walls.
Iron rimmed wheels on granite biting cold.
The wind plastering the heather back
In to the icy skull of Winter Hill,
Face skinned raw in the blowlamp roaring chill.
And armed with gloves and hat and scarf
I have no need for logs and hearth.

Comment by: Pw on 6th October 2018 at 11:10

An excellent photo.

Comment by: Philip G. on 6th October 2018 at 17:37

Mick. I hope that the title of my verse meets with your approval. Thanks.

"Miss Langton (By Rivington Pike.)"

Kindly friends on pathway, parted
To you I shall return
With giddy tales of fairies bright,
From yonder hilltop, churned.

You'll love my glib, and day-long smile
Then sway in measured time
While gentle notes from smaller stems
Will get you fairies nine.

I'll also give my honest word
Of which you'll hearten much
Come Springtime bloom - your pastel shades -
Will feel my gentle touch.

Comment by: Mick Langton on 8th October 2018 at 16:44

Only one problem Philip G. She is my daughters daughter so a Miss Doran!

Comment by: Philip G. on 8th October 2018 at 21:10

Thanks Mick (I was aware that 'I could get it wrong'). And my apologies to all concerned. A very good photo, too.

Regards.

Comment by: Poet on 10th October 2018 at 14:57

Went up the Pike and Two Lads today and took some compass readings. From the cairn on Two Lads on a line with the tower I got 290 degrees. From Mick's approx vantage point 300. What I presume is Hunter's Hill reads due west.

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