Autumn Dawn

The Stillness of the Morning, originally uploaded by KingKobra.

Autumn is upon us.

A 5.30am start this morning, and a drive out to the Peak to catch the sunrise.

Firstly a quick stop at Spitewinter on the road between Chesterfield and Matlock for a few shots of dawn breaking over Chesterfield. It was good to see the first light of the day creeping over the horizon... it was bloody cold though!

Onward through Chatsworth where it was really foggy, so headed up to Curbar Gap to get some shots of the fog in the valley/ It was quite a sight. You couldn't see any of the villages at all, just a few houses on the very edge of Curbar village and that was it.

Sad to say I failed in getting any serious shots of the fog. Need more practise. I only succeeded in some snaps.

Up to Stanage Edge, but the morning light was now leaving, and becoming too harsh, so went straight through Hathersage and onto the Snake Pass. Got a few shots of the waterfall towards the top of the pass, but by now I was pretty hungry, so went down to the butty van at the car park down by the Ashopton Viaduct.

The mist was rising off the perfectly still water of the reservoir, so couldn't resist in getting some photographs of the brilliant reflections it was giving.