Sunrise in the Hope Valley

Sunrise in the Hope Valley, originally uploaded by KingKobra.

I'm soooo tired....

Getting up at 5am isn't good for the soul, but last night the met office said it would be a clear morning, so I grabbed my gear and went out into the peak to catch the sunrise.

First of all I headed out to Monsal Dale in the hope that there would be some mist sitting in the valley. Unfortunately there wasn't. Can't have everything I suppose.

Next stop, the collapsed road in Castleton. The A625 closed here in the 1970's because landslips were making it difficult to maintain the road. Its a footpath now, with the only vehicles those wanting access to a farm about halfway up the road.

I waited here for about 20 mins, while the sun rose... shivering...

I didn't really plan on going anywhere after that, but I thought I would drive up to Surprise View, just outside Hathersage. By the time I got there, the skies we're clouding over. It looked quite impressive as the cloud was moving at a fair rate in front of the sun, and was casting some cool beams of light in the sky.

I tried to get a few shots, but none of them could convey what was happening at the time.

Then it started drizzling a little. Looking skyward, I held little hope in it improving anytime soon, and indeed even now as I write this, its cloudy outside.

Another sunrise captured, not really as impressive as the first time, but I guess I'll get used to the downside to sunrises eventually.