Sunday 4th May
With an uncertain forecast, we left it until the morning to decide on today’s itinerary. I woke to a small shower and grey skies, so we left it until 11am to travel out. Our first destination was Cromford Mills which was very disappointing, so we only stayed 30 minutes and moved on to Bakewell. The A6 was like a carpark, so we turned around and took a back road which allowed this view down onto Matlock-Bath.
Bakewell was a pleasant town to wander around, which also allowed me the opportunity to buy another lightweight waterproof jacket which helped keep out the cold as today was really quite cold.
Of course, we had to stop for a coffee to warm us up, but we couldn’t leave the town without purchasing an authentic Bakewell Tart.
With grey skies persisting, we headed away from Bakewell to a waterfall along the River Wye.
We soon spotted a pair of Dippers dashing in and out for the river, so I fitted my 40-150mm f2.8 lens with 2x converter which gives the 35mm equivalent of 600mm at f5.6 for a full frame camera.
Another reason we are pleased to have swapped from Canon to OM-Systems. The equivalent lenses are smaller, lighter and much cheaper. We’ll probably look for more wildlife now.
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