Late October 2011 we visited the Peak District, we invited my mum and sister along for the trip. My sister Charlotte is getting into photography so I thought she would enjoy a mini photo trip. We drove up to Padley Gorge first, beautiful place. Padley Gorge is one of the finest remaining examples of the oak/birch woodland once characteristic of the edges and valley sides of the Dark Peak. The woodland mainly consists of sessile oak and birch with alder along the stream side and holly and rowan scattered throughout the remainder of the wood. I would recommend you get there early as it gets busy.
I tried a few long exposures but the light wasn’t great at 12:30 in the afternoon. After a nice walk around the gorge we went for a pub lunch and killed some time before a walk up Curbar Gap for the sunset.
Sunset at Curbar Gap
We watched the sunset then it was back in the car to try and find our accommodation for the night.
In the morning we had breakfast then travelled down the road to Bakewell to do some photography near the river.
I captured this shot and processed it to make it look old, matching the old village bridge.
After some more photos it was off to sample the famous Bakewell tart (they like to call it bakewell pudding)
Very nice weekend, not a great deal of photos to show for it, but a good time for all of us.