~ 8 miles x 8 hours of Original Trails and Untold Tales ~
The Eston Miners' Mega-hike
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Normanby Mine - Hewley Drift - Trustee - Powder House - Old Bank - New Bank
Lowthers Drift -
Agars Drift -
1871 Bridge - SS Castle - North Drift - Engine
House Corner -
Lovell Hill - Chaloner -
Court Green - Eston Nab - Pit Top.
July - August - September 2008
Thanks to: Dave Spencer & Flatts Lane Country Park and all who came along !
Pictures from various hikes by Bob Mitchell www.bobmitchell.co.uk
& Jan Lindberg, Tony Crosby,
John Barcham, John Webierski.
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9am - Meet Flatts Lane Woodland Centre |
Route based on original Eston mine plans |
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Normanby Mine site |
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Eston Banks |
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The Trustee Powder Magazine |
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Bold Venture Quarries and Old Bank |
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New Bank |
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Lowther's Vent Drift &
Curtis Barker, grandson of miner Lol Barker,
on his first visit from London to Eston Hills and feeling ironically at home! (NB- Curtis didn't do it !!!) |
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1871 Bridge, Lazenby Bank |
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The Guibal Fanhouse aka 'S.S. Castle' , Lazenby Bank
(above right) Gill, Haley and Joe - daughter and grandkids of The last Eston miner Miff Brighton. |
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'The Secret Other Drift' - Original ironstone workings |
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Road To Chaloner |
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Eston Nab & The Great Smog |
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Barnaby Moor, Pit-Top Well and Sheep Dip |
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And please email me your best pics and i will add them below: craig@pancrack.tv |
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Next Hike...Next Year ! |
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