2004/09 UK Holiday 1: Takeoff, Arrival, Manchester, Peak District (page 8/15)

Dry stone wall keeping the city out

In the far distance lies a great and sprawling city; here is peace.

Hill with grass

What else am I going to photograph on a grassy hill? Maybe you had to be there.

Silvery white thing

A thistle-down I think.

Silvery white thing 2

The thistle-down wet with dew in the early morning. White strands almost like a spider’s web.

Silvery white thing 3

More of them in the mud, almost like feathers.

Muddy field and green hill

And did those feet/in ancient times
walk on England’s green and pleasant hills?

Public Footpath

Peak District & Northern Counties Footpaths Preservation Society [more...]

Through the dry stone wall

Looking through a hole in an ancient dry stone wall to see the view of the green rolling hills. [more...]

Discared wool on the grass

Some wool from passing sheep.

Dry stone wall

A dry stone wall makes an interesting texture.

Sheep

Ewe’ve got to love ’em.

Panorama - Sheep-covered hills: 1

A series of pictures that I later stitched together to make a panorama of green hills in England’s sheep-covered hills of the Peak District. [more...]