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A colourful sunset on Higger Tor, Peak District, Derbyshire, UK.
Shot with a Nikon D300 and 18-105mm lens.
First trip out for a good while, what with falling and ruining my knee in Scotland and then suffering with this virus thing all over Christmas, great to be out and about
Taken yesterday morning up on Higger Tor, PDNP.
It was blustery to say the least, 39 mph average, gusting to 58....got to love tripods with spikes though!!
After breakfast and a pint of tea, I set of to Stanage, no real plans as such, got a few shots, nothing spectacular but What is it with people that upon seeing a tripod they have to stand next to you to take a photo or just sit directly in shot?
Anyway it was windier up on the edge, I also found out my anemometer max's out at 35m/s....That's 78mph!!! The rock I sat on was actually oscillating.
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One of the best sunrises I've seen - made better by the snow making it difficult for a lot of people to get here, as would usually be the case on a Saturday morning.
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The sun peeks round the rocks atop Higger Tor, with Carl Wark and Burbage Rocks beyond.
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Just myself and my Son saw the Sun Rise this morning on Higger Tor in the Peak District, Derbyshire, Only a couple minutes early the whole Tor was covered in thick Low Cloud.Glad we had HOT Chocolate with us Mmmmm!.
Higger Tor is a dominant landmark of the Dark Peak in the north of the Peak District National Park.
It is a gritstone Tor overlooking the Burbage Valley and the iron age hill fort of Carl Wark to the southeast.
The Tor stands to the south west of Sheffield just within the city boundary about 200 metres east of the border with Derbyshire which runs along the nearby road to Ringinglow.
The village of Hathersage is just over a mile to the west.
Padley & Burbage Hike Conclusion:
I panicked when I arrived at the top of Higger Tor. I had given myself plenty of time, an hour to in fact! to find my spot but Higger Tor has so many different shapes, forms and possibilities in its gritstone that my mind started to race and so did my heart rate.
I found several spots I liked and it felt like being a small kid again in a toy store being told you can only choose one. I came to this spot, left, returned, left again, came back, went somewhere else but ultimately, like that kid in the toy store eventually does; I formed my bond with this spot and knew in my hearts of hearts this was the one I wanted.
After all the rushing about (which felt like hours in my mind) I sat down to realise I hadn't cut it quite as fine as I thought (*cough* as usual) leaving me the luxury of forty minutes to relax and enjoy watching the light go from yellow to orange and eventually that afterglow explosion of red and magenta.
I used the last of the afterglow light to take the lazy persons route off the tor and scrambled directly down, enjoying a night hike back along the way I came, through a very spooky Padley Gorge at night.
3 guys on one of my photography workshops shooting the fresh snow on Higger Tor Derbyshire (1/30 f8 @ 12mm 0.6 ND grad filter)
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A short walk from the Longshaw Lodge car park in the Gritstone part of the Peak District.
South from the car park then through a wooded section down towards Grindleford station.
From there, up through Yarncliff wood overlooking Padley Gorge, and following the path, crossing the Burbage Brook and continuing up the western side. At the top of the gorge a path back to the lodge car park is on the other side of the road.
I had intended a longer walk to include the ascent of Carl Wark hill fort, but the increasing air temperature made me take the shorter option. I'll try to do the longer walk when the heather is out. (Maybe even include Higger Tor if I have the energy).
A view of Higger Tor. Taken from Carl Wark, North Derbyshire, UK.
An HDR image shot with a Nikon D90 and a Tokina 20-35mm f2.8 lens
© Steve Bark
Higger Tor on Boxing Day 2009. A view over a snow covered Hathersage Moor at sunset from Shelter Rock.
These sculptures are outside the picnic area of the Losngshaw country park visitor centre, owned by the National trust. They appear to have been burnt and this in turn has attracted fungi to colonise them.
It was late afternoon and an overcast day but I decided to head up to Higger Tor anyway. I managed to get a few nice shots and I didn't get wet (bonus).
Higger Tor is close to Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK.
Shot with a Nikon D700 and Tokina 28-70mm, f2.8 lens.
Taken at dawn on Higger Tor not far from Burbage Brook.
I thought I had missed the sunrise but the light which followed was great it was unfortunate I had to leave for work and drive past many other eye catching scenes.
Tried to reflect the foreground rock against the ridge in the distance and great a line through from front to back
Thanks for identifying this place.
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'The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire.
Most of the area falls within the Peak District National Park, whose designation in 1951 made it the earliest national park in the British Isles. The Peak District forms the southern end of the Pennines and much of the area is uplands above 300 m, with a high point on Kinder Scout of 636 m. Despite its name, the landscape lacks sharp peaks, being characterised by rounded hills and gritstone escarpments (the "edges"). The area is surrounded by major conurbations, including Huddersfield, Manchester, Sheffield, Derby and Stoke-on-Trent.' Wikipedia