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Travis Toomey of the Saskatoon Blades Hockey Club heads to the bench about an hour before the game and assembles the warm up pucks to read the word WIN.
He's also the player that scoops all these pucks on to the ice when the team skates out for warm up.
I love tradition!!
North west of Bamford and sitting at the head of the Ladybower Reservoir Win Hill provides some of the best views in the Peak District.
The ascent from Hope, via Twitchill Farm, gives stunnig views across to Lose Hill and the Great Ridge
At 1,516 ft, it is almost surrounded by water. The River Derwent to the east, the River Noe to the south west and Ladybower Reservoir to the north. A ridge running north west links it to Kinder Scout and stops it from being an island.
On top of Win Hill lies Win Hill Pike, a small conical shaped crag that can be seen for miles around. Win Hill Pike has an Ordnance Survey triangulation point, or trig point on it's highest point.
With 472 ft of relative height, Win Hill is only 20 ft short of qualifying as a Marilyn. A Marilyn is a mountain or hill in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or Isle of Man with a prominence of at least 150 metres (492 ft), regardless of absolute height or other merit. The name was coined as a punning contrast to the designation Munro, used of a Scottish mountain with a height of more than 3,000 feet (914.4 m), which is homophonous with (Marilyn) Monroe.
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The Trig Point marking the summit of Win Hill Pike.
My picture shows the metal plate on the top of the trig point pillar. It was used as a mounting point for a theodolite.
t was necessary to ensure that the theodolite was in the exact correct position every time it was fitted to a trig point. The brass rails ensured the correct vertical and horizontal plane.
Brass was used for the rails as it resists corrosion better than other metals – especially important in view of the hostile location of some trig points.
Win Hill, Peak District, UK
© 2014 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
I caught a nice rainbow on Win Hill last night. Wish I'd done more with the foreground but you have to be quick.
If I would have known you could win $500.000 by drinking Maxwell House, I would have been drinking coffee years ago.