#dark peak

[mothmiso]

Peak District (2) (3) by MCorentin

Via Flickr:

(1) Edale cottage (2) Edale Valley (3) Grindslow knoll     

[s601070]

Wain Stones

[merinsedai]

Early December morning walk to Lud’s Church in the Staffordshire Peak District. Plenty of frost, blue skies and icicles in the gorge.

Lud’s church was supposedly a meeting place for Lollards in the 15th century. They used to come here to worship, which was quite dedicated of them, I must say.

Perhaps it is also the setting for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. At this remove, who knows, but I choose to believe the story was written down by a monk at Dieulacres Abbey and indeed based around the beautiful, local countryside with its ancient woodlands, sweeping moors and mysterious gorges and caves.

[almaraye]

Little Grey Hare "Explored" par Derbyshire Harrier

[springersandpearls]

First Light by Derbyshire Harrier

[owls-n-elderberries]

Cotton grass by Andrew Kearton Via Flickr:

[wigmund]

From EarthShots.Org Photo of the Day; January 28, 2017:

Higger Tor Sunrise James Grant

“I very rarely visit places like Higger Tor, often preferring to spend a little more time walking to a location but I actually had 3 attempts in a week to shoot Higger Tor at sunrise...As they say, third time lucky and I was greeted by a deep frost coating the gritstone rocks which was absolutely perfect...I didn't actually hang around long but I hadn't shot the kitkat stones before so this was my main priority...After shooting them, I spent a little time exploring alternative compositions and liked these frost covered rocks pointing out to the rising sun.”

[s601070]

Wyming Brook