So my planning continued, and I roughly storyboarded the video, and at 5am I set off on the short drive to Mam Tor. Then this got me thinking that I could produce a YouTube video for my channel that would follow me on this little experiment, as what I tend to like including on these videos are experiments and times when I am practicing something new as I figure that my subscribers can benefit from seeing the results too. Therefore I decided that to start with I would aim to capture a blue hour image.
I also find exposing them tricky, even with filters and bracketing, and so I usually opt for capturing the morning light being cast on my subject rather than shooting directly into the sun.īecause of this I thought I would experiment a little with a range of lights on the same image, so that if I failed to expose the sunrise properly I could at least come away with something. Now, I'm all for beautiful morning light, but I sometimes feel that sunrise shots are too heavily done, and can sometimes look a bit generic no matter what the landscape laid out beneath it is. The Great Ridge tapers off to the east finishing with Lose Hill, which meant that it would make a perfect spot for sunrise. Studying the OS Explorer maps of the region I couldn't initially settle on a location, or locations, that would suffice, and so I did a little more research on popular photography locations, and Mam Tor and the Great Ridge stood out. It was a family holiday but it had been pre-agreed that I could go out and indulge in a little landscape photography which I had planned with gusto. As such we had decided to treat ourselves to a few nights in a cottage in Hayfields, just outside the Peak District National Park. September is a great month for many reasons, but specifically because it is the month that contains both mine and my wife's birthdays. I didn't know it beforehand, but I was to be treated to something more than I had bargained for. My trip to the Peak District National Park provided me with the latter. Please park considerately and don’t park on the grass verges – traffic wardens have been issuing tickets to badly parked cars! Don’t block access for emergency vehicles, and wild camping is not permitted in the Peak District due to the risk of fires and BBQs damaging the moorland.Īfter we’d watched the sunrise on Mam Tor, we headed back the way we had come to the car park to drop off some things in the car.Sometimes you get great conditions, sometimes you get incredible conditions. Here’s a map for a short walk up Mam Tor.Ĭar parking is at the National Trust car park at the bottom of Mam Tor. It was really busy with people heading up for the sunrise so get there early if you want a good view. In fact, it only took us 10 minutes to get to the summit (which is good as we were late setting off and we were heading there for a Mam Tor sunrise!). At 524m above sea level it’s a decent height, but is really easily accessible with a car park at the base of it. Mam Tor is world famous now as one of the best walks in the Peak District and is a fabulous place to watch the sunrise. It’s not always easy to find out who owns the land and if they’re a busy farmer the last thing they’ll want is to be pestered by some walkers! Gautries Hill and Slitherstone Hill are both private land, so there is no access to the summit for these Ethels, but we go for a “near enough is good enough” approach. This walk takes in a quick nip up Mam Tor for the sunrise, a walk along Rushup Edge to Lord’s Seat, Gautries Hill, Eldon Hill and Slitherstone Hill. If you are looking for a walking route that takes in Mam Tor and Rushup Edge, this circular walk is for you! We try to pack in as many Peak District Ethels as we can in a walk as it means we get to see more of the beautiful Peak District.
At just over 8 miles this is a challenging walk, starting from Mam Tor then heading along Rushup Edge to Lords Seat, to Gautries Hill, Eldon Hill and Slitherstone Hill before returning to the car park at Mam Tor.
JanuCIRCULAR WALKS, MEDIUM WALKS 4-9 MILES, PEAK DISTRICT WALKS, PEAK DISTRICT WALKS WITH PUBS This Mam Tor and Rushup Edge circular walk takes in 5 Peak District Ethels and is a brilliant way to spend a day in the Peak District.
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