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Cold Boulders

Feb 012011

I stirred early on Saturday morning (perhaps in practice ready for the imminent arrival of our little one!) and decided to have a wander about in the hills around Meltham and Holmfirth. I rapped up well (-6C up there) and was ambling about up there by well before the sun came up with only the grouse for company. As the sun came up I set up for this shot with the moon still in view and the frosty boulders in the foreground.. More to follow.

Sunrise, Moonset - Meltham

Chill Under Foot

Bright Start

Also I’d like to mention – I have dates available for wedding photography from June onwards. Get in touch if you or someone you know is planning on tying the knot! Take a look at my wedding packages or blogs from recent weddings

February 1, 2011
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Never one to be put off my freezing conditions, I headed up into the hills above Holmfirth to capture some pre-sunrise landscapes. Well worth getting cold for (and driving round a few road closed signs!)

Keep watching this post.. I’m going to keep adding more pics over the coming days.. Merry Christmas!

These are taken around Saddleworth / Meltham moor. As always – prints are available.

Snow Covered Wall

Wessenden Wall In The Snow

Day Break Over Holmfirth

Gateway To The Big Freeze - Bradshaw Moor, Holmfirth

Gateway To The Big Freeze - Holmfirth

December 27, 2010
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Return To Meltham

Mar 182010

Back to the more local and familiar landscapes around Holmfirth!

Winter sure is hanging on in there this year. Last week I made a diversion to my normal route home to Honley to pay a visit to West Nab that tower over the village of Meltham. Seems that there is quite a bit of snow up there still! It is one of my favourite spots to head to for a bit of fresh air.. Access is via a permissive path but I believe that most of the area to the south of the path is open access (if only the ordinance survey maps onBing showed the right to roam areas..). Careful where you do go up there though.. Some of the land is part of a firing range and is used for grouse hunting.

The grit stone boulders strewn across the is evidence of the powers that shaped this landscape during the last ice age.

On my way up:

My Rocks, West Nab - Meltham

At the top! I like the line made by the cloud.This shot was taken north of the Rocking Stone – considered sacred by some.

West Nab's Snowy Top - Meltham

I was pretty much out of light after that.. I’ll hopefully head back up there again soon, now that the days are getting longer.

The Big Freeze

Jan 182010

It finally seems as though the big freeze of January 2010, if not finished, has gone dormant. The snow is almost gone apart from on the top of West Nab and I didn’t need to dress up like an arctic explorer today. I have mixed feelings about that because it has led to some great photo opportunities but it has made it hard to get anywhere (hence most of my shots seem to have been from in and around the Holmfirth, Meltham and Marsden area recently!)

I thought I’d share a couple of my favorite shots taken over the last couple of weeks here.