Nine Ladies of Stone and a Tunnel

After being busy with work it was nice to have a weekend for photography and so i headed up to the nine ladies stone circle at Stanton Moor near where i live. This would also be a test for a Map App i have installed on my phone.

It lead me to the circle without trouble and proved to be very accurate and even had some other stones and such listed that i could find. Sadly when i got to the circle i realized i didn't have my tripod adapter! Typical, i actually remember to bring the tripod and the adapter is on another camera - oh well i could adapt it.

The circle is well known but not overly impressive from a photo front, might try in winter when there's a good sunrise.

The Duke of York Stone, where i dropped my lens cap down a sheer quarry face - wasn't a good day for equipment!

The inscribed Stones and a few shots from the old quarry called Lees Cross

The watchtower and Cats Stone, not sure why it's called the cats stone perhaps it had whiskers at some point. The Cat stone also had climbing holes on the back, so i thought it best to show off my inner hand modal!

 Despite some set backs i really enjoyed this walk and given it's only an hours walk from my house, i will be exploring more of this moor.  On a side note i spotted some Hares up there, been a long time since i've seen any of those critters.

TUNNEL TIME!
The day after the Stanton Moor walk i headed along the Monsal trail to finally take some shots of the Head stone Tunnel. Wanted to check it out and take some pics for ages so here we go.

It was alot of fun taking these images and i really liked being in the tunnel, very calm feel to the place abit like walking around graveyards.

Before i headed back to town i decided to challenge myself, you see i have a big fear of exposed heights my mind and imagination run riot and i see the worst that could happen. I knew the "managed" path to the Monsal Head viewpoint was a sheer drop on one side and covered with loose scree. Now tree roots and unsteady rocks i can deal with but pretty little scree i always skid on. I'll be honest i chickened out first try, i needed to calm myself down and clear my head - not an easy thing for me as my mind is well complicated!
But the second try i managed it!

One of the most famous views in Derbyshire and no wonder!!  The viaduct you see is connected to the tunnel i passed through.
With that i headed back, i made it through the path though i skidded twice! Lets just say my walk back was very focused!!
Hope you enjoyed the pics  :)