BLEAKLOW and BLACKHILL PEAK DISTRICT.

 

BLEAKLOW.

 

Bleaklow is a high, largely peat covered gritstone moorland just north of Kinder Scout across the Snake Pass in the Derbyshire High Peak near the town of Glossop. Much of it is nearly 2,000 feet above sea level and the shallow bowl of Swains Greave on its eastern side is the source of the river Derwent. Bleaklow is the second highest point in Derbyshire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BLACKHILL.

 

Blackhill is a hill in the Peak District, England. It is the highest point in the historic county of Cheshire, but now lies on the border between the boroughs of Kirklees in west Yorkshire and high peak in Derbyshire, reaching 1,909 feet above sea level. The top is peaty and thus very boggy after rain. The area surrounding the summit itself had virtually no vegetation and was very dark giving the hill an appropriate name. However recent restoration work has eliminated much of the exposed peat. Blackhill is crossed by the Pennine Way whose new surface allows walkers to reach the top dry shod even in the wettest weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poem on the bench reads.

 

I cast my gaze across the peak

to find what treasures I might seek

a gritstone tor, a dancing stream,

a brooding moor, a sunlight beam.

 

 

 

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RANDOM PHOTO`S #18.

 

8274 Steaming up.

 

 

 

Addax.

 

 

 

 

Amur Tiger drinking.

 

 

 

 

Bench in the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, UK.

 

 

 

 

Brother in law filling his face ( taking a break from photography, well brother in law was ).

 

 

 

 

Custom House Quay Boston UK.

 

 

 

 

Eyam Church.

 

 

 

 

Old outbuilding.

 

 

 

 

Peak District.

 

 

 

 

Roche Abbey.

 

 

 

 

Tropical Plant.

 

 

 

 

Whitby including my daughter and granddaughter.

 

 

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GOLITHA FALLS NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE #2.

Sorry this second part is later than I stated but I have been away on a short break with family.
These are the rest of the photographs I took of this extremely beautiful place. Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GOLITHA FALLS NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE. #1.

The walk to Golitha Falls gives the opportunity for quiet enjoyment to experience an atmospheric world of wood, water and stone. For it is here that the river Fowey tumbles off the granite massif of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England through a series of cascades and waterfalls on its journey to the sea. The granite in this deep, tree clad, gorge has been shaped over the last 100 centuries by the force of river water. Oak woods have existed on the steeper slopes of this site for at least one thousand years and support a range of woodland plants, insects and mammals. The high humidity within the gorge, coupled with high rainfall and unpolluted air has encouraged the growth of very rare, slow growing, mosses, liverworts and lichens for which the site is of national importance. Other creatures associated with the unpolluted river waters include the secretive otter, breeding birds such as dipper and grey wagtail and fish including salmon and sea trout. Besides the river are ditches and leats dug during the mining era in the mid 19th century. Their slow flowing water is home to both toads and frogs. The banks are ideal for a wide range of plants including lady fern, wild angelica, hemlock, water dropwort, common violet, opposite leaved golden saxifrage and navelwort.
I have taken quite a number of photographs of this beautiful place so I have decided to show half of them here and the other half next blog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued

 

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