I just about manage to pack a chocolate bar, make a flask of that gorgeous friend I call coffee and shove a couple of rounds of toast into my mouth before my lift arrives.
We travel eastbound in the dark towards my favourite 'local' destination for photography and views of our english countryside know as The Roaches in The Peak District. As many of you will know, I spent a fair few trips at this destination last year and feel I still havent seen all it has to offer... and I'm not bored of it yet!
On the way there we are excited and talk about the mist we can see laying on the ground, almost fog-like, talking of hopes that it will still be around when we arrive at our desitnation, Hen Cloud. We also moan how tired we are and how bloody freezing it is despite it being warm in the daytime!
Finally we arrive and as soon as the car is parked, I spot my shot straight away. It just calls to me. I dont care what the others are doing... this is my individual location for my camera, my view, it's my tree... My Shot! And I'm gone.. bye guys... see you later!
So I scale the farmer's rocky wall and barbed wire to race to my location (still bloody freezing - Minus 1 Celcius - but I dont care now because I have a purpose...A Mission!) and race to get into position for when the sun creeps above the rocky ridge of The Roaches and licks my subject with its beautiful golden gift of light, whilst still showing the Beast that is Hen Cloud in the background to one side, and the eerie misty valley towards Tittesworth Reservoir on the other. Perfection!
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