Category Archives: The Peaks

AutumnView and Bleaklow Remembrance Service

Nov
12
2012
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Autumn View

A beautiful view from Black Clough looking out towards Pikenaze Moor with a beautiful splash of autumn colour especially in the valley, the trees are turning the most beautiful of shades and when the light is right this season can’t be bettered .

Had a great weekend, finally sorted our new caravan out on Saturday, the order is placed and we’ll be getting it in February 2013 and yesterday I took Stormy on a long walk and met up with other team members from Woodhead MRT and we walked up from Glossop Low to the B 29 crash site on Bleaklow for a small service of remembrance, very moving  and also humbling to be there, great company and great friend to be with. Don’t think anyone will mind in fact they will all be proud I’m sure of  me posting this picture of the team plus honoury dog Stormy doing her Paul McCartney pose, the weather was claggy but the spirits were high and we enjoyed a very nice Sunday walk afterwards down past another crash site of a Blenheim bomber  and then made our way down stopping to enjoy the spectacular views of our Peak District.

Black Rock

Nov
09
2012
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Black Rocks

Another from my walk up Blacks on Tuesday, The stream foam has started turning to ice and the Autumn leaves are falling all around. I love the detail in the foreground rocks and the lusciousness  of the greenery covering the banks. will be back again as the seasons change.

Went to the Docs again yesterday, now on antibiotics for pneumonia! yeah I thought that too, should I be up and about on e wonders. Certainly not shifting so hope these do the trick as I have a busy weekend starting.

The insurance finally came through and we have ordered a new caravan, must admit all 3 companies involved in our loss have been excellent in their support and speed at resolution, can’t thanks them enough, Jo has and is so upset about the whole incident, but I’m pleased now we have sorted it all out, means the book will be back on early next year and plenty of trips to get booked.

 

Hoping you all have a great weekend

 

Adrian

Autumn in The Blacks

Nov
07
2012
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Autumn in The Blacks

Very windy today and I’m in my third week of chest infection, “the humour has gone out of it now!” to coin a phrase. I came across some interesting reading earlier regarding the flu jab and the number of people that have developed ASTHMA, CHEST INFECTION, FEVERS etc etc you name are astonishing. I would have been better off with flu which would have gone by now. won’t have it next year for sure.

Autumn in The Blacks, what a wonderful walk along the stream with golden leaves floating past and blowing in the wind, yes there’s a song there somewhere! bet its not like that today, be lucky if there are any left on the trees to photograph, just goes to show when you get the chance poorly or not you gotta take it.

2nd full week now with no gym training, can’t believe I have gone this long with out, haven’t missed more than a day or 2 in 10 years, even when on hols I always find a gym, its my drug of choice, seems to do less harm than smoking and drinking and Ive made some great friends over the years. Luckily my training partner Marky Mark is poorly too so I’m pleased about that! all heart me you know.

Trip to printers later to check on canvasses for Civic exhibition and a biggy to get ready for a mate, a freebie but he’s done me a load of favours in the past and thats how we roll, mates look after mates.

 

On a slightly more serious note if you could find it in your heart to buy a few Christmas presents this year from HERE, you’ll be doing Woodhead Mountain Rescue a huge favour in raising funds to help continue our great work and help with training and equipment, it really is a life saving cause so please do whatever you can afford to please.

Adrian

Black Clough

Nov
06
2012
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Black Clough

Had a lovely walk out yesterday afternoon with Stormy and some great company Gordon and Buster the blonde GSD. The sun was so bright that without filters we struggled to get much above land height balanced with the Clough, winter has started to take away the Autumn colours now although some remnants remain, I’ll post later.

The foam pooling in the stream had started to turn to ice and created beautiful shapes with golden leaves captured like winter jewels….too much poetry like?,  yeah I thought so to, stick to the pictures then, but you get the idea.

 

The walk was quite treacherous , the banks very slippy and having a manic husky fastened to you doesn’t help, she pulled me all the up and all the way down stumbling and skidding in the boggy bank moss.

Pictures all sorted for the Barnsley Civic exhibition, just need to take to the printers later today and leave for the canvasses creating.

 

Adrian

Freezing Curbar Mist

Oct
29
2012
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Curbar Mist

A freezing mist,  Curbar Edge at sunrise

Still got the dreaded cold now on my chest as well and a full day sorting pictures for the Civic exhibition in December so I’ll have to get my skates on, was advised to man up so I have taken the sound advice and wrapped up warm and see if I can sweat it out. No gym though, not a good idea when its on your chest so I’m told.

Anyway onwards and upwards so they say, more later if I get chance.

 

Adrian

 

Hollins Cross Fun

Sep
24
2012
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Hollins Cross Fun

Had a fabulous weekend away with my big sis, her hubby Dave, Jo and Stormy of course, this shot however is of two girls we met on our walk, said I would post the pic for them, so get in touch if you want a copy girls, Free of course.

Beautiful weather made it a superb weekend and the Peaks were heaving with tourists, just how it should be, para gliding, hand gliding, spectators etc etc, great fun for all.

Then we went to The Rising Sun at Shelley for their Harvest Festival auction, 50% of the proceeds towards Woodhead Mountain Rescue, great evening, lovely people and it raised approx £650 for our team, so appreciated and a really good laugh especially the landlord father, what a character. I won a Huddersfield Giants signed ball, I’ll put it with my England One I got years ago. Nigel has a strange fascination with onions, bets not to ask but he did a lovely little speech at the end to say thank you for the locals support. Me and Jo, Bill and Penny, George,  Simon plus Nigel and his wife…..plus several lots of onions..lol

 

Adrian

Snow in May!

May
25
2012
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Snow in May!

yup it still gets snow in May in Snowdonia.

 

An opportunistic shot whilst driving through the range, can’t believe how people manage to live in such remote areas, little house to the bottom right and another just to the left and slightly higher.  Bet they have to get loads of provisions in for the winter! God know what they do for work, unless they are mountain rangers.

Still lovely weather here today expecting 25c + so it’ll be a short walkie for Stormy at lunchtime and the big walkie late tonight, she was panting all way round this morning at 6am, poor little fur ball.

I’d like to thank Bex for buying a big version of “Distant Memories” framed, she’s going to love it and we have colour coordinated between us to make sure it goes with her living room, should look fab, thank you Bex, x

Hope you all have a fab weekend, were doing an 11 miler Sunday to get some much needed practice in ahead of our Yorkshire 3 Peak jaunt end of June, still need to drop 12 1/2ib to get to my fighting weight as it were.  Ah well sticking to the diet it is then!

 

Adrian

Bleaklow View

Mar
22
2012
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Bleaklow View

A very windy image from high on Shelf Stones Bleaklow in The Peaks, I did shoot a little video of this as Stormy was battling to stay upright as she was buffeted by the gale force winds, soooooo funny, I’ll try and load it later.

Subtle breaks in the clouds gave me a chance to capture a few rays hitting the moors before we made a hasty retreat down behind the stones into relatively calm conditions. To say spring is here it was icy cold too, thank goodness I took all my weather gear with me…Stormy wasn’t bothered and just took it all in her stride, I guess she’s good to -50 without worrying about putting on an extra layer, amazingly her coat works the opposite in heat and reflects the sun, she happy at 20+ or 20-.

Well its summer hair cut day today, No4 here I come, taking my hat just in case it looks that bad!..lol Don’t know why but I have got to the stage where I really don’t give a proverbial about my hair, too much messing with gel etc etc, off with it!

 

nearly Friday, hope you all have a great weekend

 

Adrian

Bleaklow B-29 Superfortress

Mar
20
2012
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B-29 Superfortress

Had a wonderful walk with Stormy yesterday, trying out my Nav Skills with compass and map… very pleased as it was our first time out this way it worked perfectly, lead me straight to my target SK 09042 94912 which is just east of Bleaklow Trig point on Higher Shelf Stones, takes aprox 50-75 mins walking depending on your fitness but nothing too strenuous. you do have to beware the peat bogs much to Stormy’s dismay, she did the full on Vicar of Dibley, thought it was a puddle and finished up neck deep in sludge and dirty water, course the little love then shuck this all over me!

Info:-

Superfortress B 29 “Over Exposed” was only a 25 minute trip from Scampton, Lincolnshire to Burtonwood USAAF base, Warrington, England.

Captain Landon P. Tanner took off on the morning of 3rd November 1948, at around 10.15. His crew for the trip consisting of co-pilot, Captain Harry Stroud; engineer, Technical Sergeant Ralph Fields; navigator, Sergeant Charles Wilbanks; radio operator, Staff Sergeant Gene A. Gartner; radar operator, David D. Moore; camera crew, Technical Segeant Saul R. Banks, Sergeant Donald R. Abrogast, Sergeant Robert I. Doyle and Private First Class William M. Burrows. Two other crew members were Corporal M. Franssen and Corporal George Ingram. Acting as photographic advisor was Captain Howard Keel of the 4201st.

When Over Exposed failed to arrive at Burtonwood an air search was initiated, and that afternoon blazing wreckage was spotted high on the moors near Higher Shelf Stones. By chance members of the Harpur Hill RAF Mountain Rescue Unit were just finishing an exercise two and a half miles away, so they quickly made their way to the scene of the crash but there was clearly nothing that could have been done for any of the crew 13 Died. It is doubtful they ever saw the ground.

A place that’s not only spiritual but also has a beauty about it, weird to say but you feel an affinity with the lost souls up there, as the clouds dominate the skyline and the freezing cold wind whips against your face you can hear faint whispers of voices but not in a fearful tone.

Below is a shot of the Trig point itself, after a little muddy walk from the wreckage you feel the full force of the wind as it whips up the valley from Glossop below.

very much worth a visit and a most enjoyable and memorable walk.

 

Bleaklow is a high, largely peat covered, gritstone moorland, just north of Kinder Scout, across the Snake Pass (A57), in the Derbyshire High Peak near the town of Glossop. Much of it is nearly 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and it is the source of the River Derwent.

Trig Point

 

Dramatic Sphere

Mar
06
2012
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Morning all

 

this shot from my Stanage shoot the other week and probably the most dramatic of skies I took that evening. I used a Singh Ray Reverse Grad filter, this takes the middle brightness down to the horizon whilst leaving the sky and foreground to be as natural as possible.

 

I was featured photographer for March/April in “The Photographer” magazine, 5 pages, very proud indeed and especially as it’s on sale at Focus On Imaging at The NEC by The BIPP, I’ll try and upload a copy later.

Going on a shoot in 5 mins, will fill you in later, should be fun though and the sun is shining for a pleasant change.

 

all my best

 

Adrian

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