Cragg Vale Walk

Inspite of a late night and possibly one more drink than was wise! Steve and I headed up to Cragg Vale for a walk on Sunday morning. I had high hopes of photographing the abandoned house and was having all sorts of creative thoughts of using the tripod and a slow shutter speed with the wind blowing the long grasses and scudding clouds. Hmm, not sure what season I thought it was when all that was going on. Leaden skies, soaked, flattened grass and nothing much to inspire as far as the eye could see! In the end we walked up to Withens Gate and then out towards Stoodley Pike although didn't go as far as the Pike itself. I did set the tripod up on a bit of gritstone but only one of the pics was useable - must remember that in sleet its a good idea to wipe the camera lens every now and again!


It was lovely to drop down off the top and out of the wind, found a short route back to Withens gate, my kind of walking!

cross at Withens Gate

There was still a fair amount of snow up by the gate, drifts that were at least 3 feet deep on the path or boggy ground were the walking options, tough call! The walls seemed to be the best source of something to photograph so I made the most of them!







The reservior still had a good bit of ice on it and where it didn't it was doing a good job of reflecting the steely sky.






Steve and Digby were not feeling creatively challenged, they were in their element.






Roll on Spring!