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Was supposed to go and visit with Flickr friend Dave up in North Yorkshire on the bike.. But cancelled due to the weather. Would be no fun on the motorway with alternating low sunshine, strong side winds, torrential rain with some hail chucked in too! So went out for an hour on Navi in the nearby countryside dodging most of the showers.!
Great scenery with the fast moving sky, sunny intervals, the odd rainbow and dark looming clouds..!
Picture taken here looking across Callow Bank towards Higger Tor & Carl Wark..
Evening light on reeds, next to a millstone blank on the slopes of Over Owler Tor, looking across Hathersage Moor to Higger Tor.
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Dark clouds at first light over Shelter Rock on Higger Tor. This is a re-working of a similar image from a few weeks back. I wanted to capture more texture and depth in the skies and see how far I could push the menacing atmosphere of the image.
Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and acid grassland mosaic at Lawrence Field, Longshaw, Derbyshire, the Peak District, England. Carl Wark and Higger Tor, just in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, are visible in the background.
Vibrant purples and greens of the heather and bracken in this view of Higger Tor from Carl Wark, an Iron Age Hill Fort on Hathersage Moor. Derbyshire, Peak District, England, UK. Summer.
We also found some gaps to jump across at great personal risk to life and limb..
Bouldering and jumping at Higher Tor!
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.
Bouldering today out at Higger Tor in the Peak District with some friends.. Lovely and warm, gentle breeze and some hard problems!
Out this morning for sunup, and headed to Higger Tor. Wrong choice I reckon as low cloud obscured the sunrise completely.. I think that Curbar would have been good this morning judging by the way the light was in the distance, and seemed to be hitting the ground right over the Curbar area!
This was taken about an hour after sunrise, and I waited for the light to hit Callow Bank, whilst Stanage Edge remained in shadow.
It's just too far.
Apparently this is the path from Higger Tor to Carl Wark Fort. Well...who wants to go to Carl Wark Fort anyway?
I have been recently inspired by the Peak District photos of Stephen Elliott and it has revitalised my enthisiasm. Also I am experimenting with more vibrant colouful processing (not that I am trying to copy or anything).
Stephens gallery is here :
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, Higgar Tor and Stanage Edge.
A fantastic morning on Higger Tor when it all just comes together. Albeit briefly.
At first, with the hill cloaked in low cloud, it didn't look too promising. However, the sun managed to sneak below the cloud line briefly as it cleared the horizon, then light up the mist with quite breath taking effect.
One of those morning that serves as a reminder why I love landscape photography and the places I visit so much!
Dawn breaks over a snowy Burbage Valley in the Peak District. Taken from Higger Tor, Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) tracks can be seen in the snow, and the Iron Age hill fort of Carl Wark can be seen in the distance.
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Walking through the Longshaw country estate with uninterrupted views of Higger tor, looking like an ancient man made mound in the distance.
The flashes of green work really well in this shot with the wonderful clouds contrasting with the reds of the bracken in the distance.
Leaning Block is a huge chunk of Millstone Grit that forms part of the larger edge known as Higger Tor, overlooking the Burbage Valley, in the Peak District National Park.
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It's been a really busy few weeks. No time to do much photography or processing. I had a free night on Wednesday. I wanted to do some exercise but also wanted to take photos. In the end I cycled out to the Peak District from work. My camera with an 18-200 travel lens was in my bag but no tripod. I walked up to Higger (no bridleways). The light was fantastic. These shots are handheld with higher ISOs as I had no tripod. I know high ISO is frowned upon in landscape photography, but I think it's important to be there in the first place. I went back the next night with the right kit and the light wasn't anywhere near as good.
This is two photos stitched.
A path in the middle distance leads to Carl Wark (an ancient hill fort).
A ferociously windy sunrise on Higger Tor, watching rain drive across the moor, lashing against the ancient fort of Carl Wark.
Finally, patience paid off and the sun rose just enough to poke it's fingers through the cloud.
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