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Autumn colours reflecting in the lake on the National Trust Longshaw Estate in the Derbyshire Peak District. Higger Tor can just be glimpsed in the background.
Party of children from outdoor pursuits group on top of Higger Tor (434m) near Hathersage.
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Happened to be passing on the way home from shopping in Sheffield as the sun went down. No tripod with me though so had to up the ISO a bit.
The view to Higger Tor and Carl Wark from the track to Longshaw Lodge.
Nikon FM-10 camera, on Ilford HP5+ film, processed and printed using D-76 by my own fair hand, lol. They probably look a tad dark on here due to the scan being of the print not the negative.
The hill known as Carl Wark lies close to Higgar Tor between Stanage and Burbage Edges. It rises high above Burbage Brook and is a fine natural defensive position, so it was used as a fort long ago. It is very likely that the hill was fortified in the Iron Age (or earlier) at the same time as Mam Tor, which you can see from Higgar Tor, which is only a few hundred metres away, and a plaque alongside the hill records this. However, archaeologists now tend towards the view that the massive fortifications which can still be seen at the western entrance were probably constructed in the Romano-British period at the start of the Dark Ages, maybe about 500 AD, so the fort has a long and probably complex history of occupation.
My thoughts when taking this were about the relationship between the natural Megalith (TOR) and the stormy sky. I wonder when the earliest people walked over this TOR?
A dusting of snow and a brisk northerly wind blowing so it was freezing cold up on top of that hill this morning.
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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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So, what's happening in the top right hand corner? This was the only image (out of about 50) so affected, and the lens hadn't been removed from the camera body at any time during the day. The next image taken about 30 seconds after this one, and with the same aperture showed nothing unusual in this area (of the sensor).
Slightly puzzled!
December 2021 to January 2022.
Central London Outdoor Group's (CLOG) Christmas / New Year weekend away based in Hathersage.
Circular walk from Hathersage via Padley Gorge, Higger Tor and Stanage Edge.
I seem to be a bit obsessed with this place at the moment, probably because I haven't had the chance to take any pictures of it for a while. I chose this particular exposure as it shows Carl Wark directly in front of Higger Tor, but with the light clearly distinguishing the two.