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Set off from Stanage Edge about 03.30am and walked across the moor to Burbage, down to Over Owler Tor and back via Surprise View/Carl Walk/Higger Tor. Got my timing a little wrong and it was still pretty dark by the time I'd got to my location so made a coffee and found some shelter from the wind.

Went with the intention of shooting The KitKat Stones towards Carl Walk, but nothing was happening in that direction. The light eventually came right as the sun got higher and it looked amazing but I was already on the other side of Higger Tor and my knee was complaining. A month off and the hill fitness seems to just disappear. Made a brew and packed up and sat for a good half hour just taking in the light as it changed in Hope Valley.

Missed the heather last year and glad I made the effort. It really is stunning at the moment.

7.5 miles, back home by 10am, only saw two people. Job's a good 'un.

Over Owler Tor from Higger Tor by G. Postlethwaite esq.

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Higger Tor from Carl Wark by Maria-H

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Higger Tor from Carl Wark, the site of an Iron Age hill fort. The wall in the foreground is the remains of a defensive wall of the fort. The moorland is a patchwork of heather, rough grass and bracken.

Shot of the information sign for the hill fort in the comment below.

Higger Tor by G. Postlethwaite esq.

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The view down to Hathersage from Higger Tor.

Higger Tor by vuzephotography.co.uk

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very similar to a previous upload , this one being taken about 5 minutes later from a point not a few mm's from the other ...thanks for looking :)

Higger Tor by l4ts

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Higger Tor seen from the old rain gauge and sheepfold on Hathersage Moor.

Higger Tor by l4ts

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Higger Tor seen from the sheepfold on Hathersage Moor.

Higger Tor by G. Postlethwaite esq.

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Archive shot, hence the heather.

View down the valley by G. Postlethwaite esq.

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From Higger Tor in better times.

Taken somewhere on Higger Tor. by Alan

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Mist in the valley below.

Dawn by Steve Price

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Sunrise start, towards Higger Tor in the Peak District.

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Through to Carl Wark by G. Postlethwaite esq.

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Or it would be if the old legs were up to it. But they're not. So I didn't.

Highlighting Higger. by Mike Tonge

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Higger Tor at sunset.

These infamous "Kit Kat" or "Book End" Stones are ordinarily the stars of sunrise shots here on Higger Tor. But on this particular night I was sort of forced to improvise. I had arrived well before sunset having scouted a great spot on the escarpment for a sunset. However, on driving up the road to the Tor, I could see a large number of tripods and TOGs already assembled along the west facing ridge, as what looked like a large photography workshop. So I was compelled to look elsewhere.

I found myself wandering as far away from this group as possible and I saw this as a potential shot. I perched my tripod precariously on the end of these canted blocks and framed up this shot. You can see some of the photographers on the far horizon, taking in what was a really nice sunset!

I have perviously posted a better shot I took from here, but going back through my archives, I discovered this one and thought it was worth posting.

View from Higger Tor (Oct 2021) by G. Postlethwaite esq.

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Carl Wark from Higger Tor by G. Postlethwaite esq.

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Over Owler Tor by l4ts

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The much photographed gritstone tor at Over Owler Tor near Hathersage.

Taken with an Olympus XA2 on expired Kentmere 100 film.

Higger Tor by G. Postlethwaite esq.

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Five days of itching from the midge bites but a thoroughly enjoyable day out nonetheless.