Alone In The Wilderness – Almost

Apr 112010
 


Just when you think you’re all alone in the middle of nowhere, you get spotted! I was out walking the moors above Digley Reservoir (Bradshaw) one morning last week, admiring a stunning sunrise and thinking I had it all to myself – later in the day I was told by a friend that they had spotted me from Issues Road on the other side of the Valley!

I managed to find time to take a couple of photos whilst I was there but I also spent quite a bit of time sat on a dry stone wall just taking in the view. There is something really special about the sunrises in this area of the Peak District.. I hear from a friend that the intensity of the sunrise and sunsets are partly down to the dust in the air coming over from Manchester – so Manchester is good for something after all!

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

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

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.

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