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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).
Taken with my latest ebay purchase an immaculate near 50 year old Olympus Pen EE S half-frame camera. Agfaphoto Vista film.
Saturday morning up on Higger Tor.
Lovely conditions and pre dawn colour. Couldn't believe I was the only one there!!
A magnificent day for a strenuous walk starting at Longshaw Lodge with some friends of mine up from Milton Keynes for the day.
Down Padley gorge to Grindleford station, then past Padley Chapel and Greenwood Farm to reach the A6187 overlooking Hathersage. Through 'Whim Plantation' and up the west side of the hill to reach Over Owler Tor.
With encouragement I found the energy to reach and climb up Higger Tor, then back to the start via Carl Wark and Burbage Bridge.
11.2km and 416 metres of ascent/descent according to the 'Viewranger' app running on my Huawei P10 lite, which has an excellent GPS receiver.
Sadly coming back that way misses out on the ice cream van at Surprise View car park. (Which I could have made use of!)
This is the view through a rock window on Higger Tor, over Carl Wark, with Longshaw Lodge in the haze in the distance.
I knew that Carl Wark had one of the earliest original dry-stone walls in England, but I wasn't prepared for the cyclopean nature of it!
I was fortunate to benefit from some really murky weather amongst the hot dry days of early August.
Arriving around five in the morning, I set up at the Kit Kat Stones with a dark blue hour shot in mind, but the conditions were just a bit meh, so I opted to move on.
A while later a band of fine drizzle swept up the Burbage Valley setting up a moody backdrop for Carl Wark. As this happened the now rising sun sent an almost ethereal white glow under the low cloud base giving the whole scene a very other worldly feel.
The first rays of the rising sun illuminate Higger Tor and brush the rocks of Carl Wark with pale red light.
© 2011 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
Blanket of cloud approaching sunset. Carl Wark can be seen on the left and Over Owler Tor on the right. 4 minute 40 seconds exposure. Using B+W 10 stop ND filter and Cokin ND grad.
© 2010 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
Looking from the Edge of Burbage Moor near Houndkirk. Higger Tor in the distance on the right.
Bamford Edge Hike Conclusion:
I've learnt over time that even if it looks like sunset is going to be clouded out, there's a good chance that a gap can open up just at the right time and provide something stunning.
This is exactly what happened this evening and therefore I set up this composition ready to catch the side light I banked on happening, as it streamed through a gap on the horizon and brought the whole of Higger Tor and Burbage to life.
It's moments like these that make me realise how much more in tune with nature I have become since getting into photography. I'd never have been able to anticipate events like these in the past but time, careful observation and patience have allowed me to get to that point.
A fantastic end to a day's hiking.
Revisiting some archives, this one going back to December 2011. Must pay this place a visit again soon.
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).
Popped out with Jill to Higger Tor yesterday evening for an hour for a bit of bouldering time..
So nice to be out on the rock/grit again..!
Ow.. My sore arms and finger ends!! :)
A 66-year old walker climbs up Higger Tor (434m).
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
© Roger A Perriss. All rights reserved.
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An incredible temperature inversion at sunrise looking towards Carl Wark and Over Owler Tor. 4 shots stitched together to create this panoramic image.
Stanage Edge bathed in golden light moments after dawn. Peak District, England.
You can view this image on black, buy prints and canvases or licence this image on my website.
Out at Higher Tor in the Peak District..
The threat of rain was always there..!
And it came!
Seven picture stitch here stitched by Autostitch.
Bamford Edge Hike Pt.3:
Another subject synonymous with photographers in the Peaks; the Kit Kat Stones at Higger Tor. Compositions are limited by the tight space available to position a tripod, being exposed on the side of the tor but there is just enough room to put your own spin on things.
This was taken in the last half an hour before sunset, with the stones as the main subject and the distinctive shape of the Iron Age hill fort, Carl Wark in the background. A slight hint of golden light shone through the broken cloud on the horizon creating a very subtle warm glow on the gritstone.
Higger Tor and Carlwark silhouetted under the faint green of the Aurora Borealis. As well as the more familiar Plough.
Higger Tor seen from Carl Wark, taken a few weeks ago.
Taken with a Rollei 35LED camera on Ilford HP5 film.
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).
© 2011 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
Last one from yesterday. Looking from the Edge of Burbage Moor near Houndkirk. Higger Tor in the distance middle right.
Higger Tor is a 434m high gritstone tor in the Burbage Valley, Peak District of England.
It actually stands in the county of 'South Yorkshire', about 200 metres from the border with Derbyshire, which runs along the nearest road, approximately 2 km. east of Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK.
© 2011 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
Approaching Storm at Higger Tor, Peak District, UK.
You can see the storm approaching to the right at Loose Hill Pike. Shortly after this I was thoroughly soaked.
0.6 and 0.9 ND grads. Processed with a desaturated layer set to hard light. Interested to know whether you like the processing or not.
Best viewed large.