Tuesday 6th May
I woke early to completely clear skies, so time to drag wifey out of bed. Unfortunately we couldn’t leave the campsite before 7am as the gates are closed 11pm – 7am. But that did give us time for a quick cuppa.
We travelled for about 20 minutes to the village of Sterndale where we parked the car. Then another 10 minute walk to the brow of Hitters Hill which overlooks Chrome Hill.
I took the same image in Infrared which looks as though it had snowed.
It was very chilly as the sun hadn’t been up over the hill top for long, so not ideal for Infrared. We were stood amongst the sheep and lambs which of course had to be photographed.
Back to the car to return back to the motorhome for breakfast, but we stopped off for a few more shots on the way.
Our son’s family were at Chester Zoo yesterday and returning home today, so we had pre-arranged to meet up near the M6 for lunch. Afterwards we headed over to the eastern side of the Peak District in search of the millstones where I took that picture of Misty in 2010.
To hone in on the location I compared the background details from the photo to the Google satellite view of Stanage Edge. Eventually I located the approximate area which was where we drove to and parked. We then headed up towards the rock face and soon realised that the ground was scattered with many millstones. Well it took me about 15 minutes to locate the exact spot (15 years later).
The light was too harsh when we first arrived, so I relaxed on the stones with Holly whist Vanessa went off with the long lens in search of some more birds.
Once the sunlight had subdued a little I took a few more shots of the stones.
The sky was becoming more hazy and I suspected any sunset lighting would fade away too early, so we headed back to the motorhome for dinner (and I was right about the light).
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