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Saturn on the left; Jupiter on the right and Mars in line in between (nearer to Saturn). Arcturus is at the top. Cropped from one of the shots that I took this morning at Higger Tor
Bouldering today out at Higger Tor in the Peak District with some friends.. Lovely and warm, gentle breeze and some hard problems!
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Higger Tor, Peak District, UK.
It's been a while since I've uploaded a black and white image. Taken an hour after sunrise in some lovely, low light in very windy conditions with rain clouds fast approaching.
Looks better in Lightbox.
© 2011 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
With views to (from right to left) Stanage Edge, Win Hill, Lose Hill and Mam Tor in the distance.
The path up to Higger Tor is pretty clear, the only task now is to plant one foot in front of the other.
Higger Tor is a gritstone tor in the Burbage Valley, in the Peak District of England.
It stands in the county of South Yorkshire, about 200 metres (220 yd) from the border with Derbyshire, which runs along the nearest road, approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of Hathersage. Higger Tor overlooks the hill fort of Carl Wark to the southeast.
Advenures in Ouzeling - Higger Tor 07052021 - walking back along the top I spotted this pair sat together at the base of the rocks
Nicely composed. It wasn't actually set up, it was just how they suddenly were, and I was able to snap it before they knew I had taken it.
Standing on top of Higger Tor can be both challenging and exhilarating with the onslaught of a storm. I love a challenge and to absorb the environment or situation I find myself photographing.
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).
After getting up at 5am for the one hour drive to Higger Tor, I arrived to find the place shrouded in low cloud and resembling arctic tundra. The sun itself didn't make an appearance and only the subtlest of colour in the sky suggested that the sun was rising.
A relict from a time when truly mighty rivers flowed across what is now the British Isles. I find it quite remarkable that a river wider than the Amazon once flowed right here.
Higger Tor from the top of Carl Wark, Derbyshire.
Taken with my Ihagee VX1000 vintage camera with a 50mm Karl Zeiss Jena lens.
From Wikipedia:
Carl Wark is located at grid reference SK259814,[1] at an elevation of about 370 metres (1,214 ft) above sea level.[2][3] Hathersage is about 3 kilometres (1.86 mi) to the west; Sheffield City Centre about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to the north-east.[2] Historically this was within the ancient county of Derbyshire, but the surrounding area was annexed to the City of Sheffield in 1933, and now lies in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire.[3]
The promontory is a Millstone Grit outcrop[4] situated in Hathersage Moor. From the north it is overlooked by the higher 434 metres (1,424 ft) peak of Higger Tor.[5] To the east is the valley of the Burbage Brook, which is overlooked by Burbage Edge, a Millstone Grit escarpment. The land gently slopes away to the south following the course of Burbage Brook into the valley of the River Derwent. To the south-west, the land rises towards Winyards Nick and Over Owler Tor.[2]
The subtlest of dawns colours the skies above Higger Tor. Over Owler Tor and Mother Cap Rock rise above the early morning mist cloaking Hathersage.