I’ve photographed Baldstone in Staffordshire a few times, but always from a distance, and always from Gib Torr. Today I was going to rectify that. The only spanner that could possibly be in the works was if the wind was too fresh.

Landscape photography at The Roaches in the Staffordshire Peak District when it’s shrouded in a heavy mist, and fog.

Sunrise landscape photography at The Roaches in the Staffordshire Peak District after a scattering of snow.

Photographing a winter sunrise cloud inversion.

“Epic”. That’s the best word I can use to describe this morning. It was one of those days where you’re reminded of why you get out of bed at “stupid o’clock”, or in this case when it’s freezing cold.

The weather is poor but Santa had arrived early with my new Nikon Z7ii, so I headed out to Gib Torr in the Staffordshire Peak District for a spot of landscape photography.

There was nothing in the weather forecast to suggest there was to be anything epic this evening but I thought I’d go for some side light on Ramshaw Rocks in the Peak District. Unfortunately being popular, and a nice day it was rammed up there. In the end I found myself up around Blake Mere (The Mermaid Pool), and decided to shoot a few panoramas as the sun set.