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Not a good day for views being rather misty and murky...still i enjoyed it and at least it never rained.
The light and the clouds were lovely..
The new to me section of road and track were amazing too..!
Popped out last week to go check out a bit of 'off road' that I had not seen before..
So found it and had a ride on it!!
Plus took my own coffee to have a little break too!!
"There is not one of you
Who can not win the kingdom"
Hosanna (Jesús Christ Superstar) - Ted Neeley, Bob Bingham & Chorus
My wife told me she wanted to take a few photos of me as Joanne so she can send them to her friends, as you can see by my smile I let her take as many as she wanted
My wife is starting to get used to seeing Joanne around the house all of the time, it didn't even bother her when I told her I was going to the store as Joanne. Hopefully hormones will be next.
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.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win_Hill
Win Hill Pike, looking north over Ladybower Reservoir. The road to the left of the road bridge is the famous A57 Snake Pass which was at one time the main road between Manchester and Sheffield.