Today's destination was Winshields Crag, the highest point on the Hadrian's Wall Path at 1132 ft, strangely enough it's not a particularly strenuous climb and it has some magnificent views in all directions.
I always think it's a shame that so many people walking the Wall from East to West are so 'heads down let's get this over with' that they forget to turn around every now and again and enjoy the scenery.
Masses of mist at Cawfields yet when I got to Steel Rigg there was just a tiny wisp on Crag Lough.
Dawn at Steel Rigg
I headed up the footpath on Winshields Crag, it's been kept cropped by walkers and of course the ever present sheep so it's a nice surface to walk on. It's also dry, going through the longer hay fields, full of dew soaks the feet.
Heading up Winshields Crag
At the top there's a trig point, it's badly in need of a coat of paint but I suppose trig points are obsolete now with satellite mapping and GPS.
The mists over Sewingshields Crag were pretty impressive, the smaller hill on the right of the picture is Kings Hill where I blogged from last.
Morning mists over Sewingshields Crag
The sun started to come up way to the north of my position and with it came mists from Greenlee Lough, a nature reserve maintained by Northumberland National Parks Authority.
I've heard that on Sunday there was an Osprey fishing on the Lough, I don't know if it's a regular visitor or just passing through but I shall be going there hoping to see the bird in action.
Greenlee Lough hidden by mists
Another morning of bright light with next to no cloud to diffuse the sun, it seems I can't get enough of those rays though.
I'm using the new Nikon D7000 for these shots, it's a very suprising camera, the exposure is awesome and I'm finding that I don't need to use my ND Grad filters at all. I was waiting for the D300s upgrade but then of course the earthquake in Japan threw all plans out of the window and I decided to buy the D7000 in the interim.
If this is anything to go by the D300s replacement will be amazing.
View from the top of Winshields Crag to the east over Crag Lough
And another of those 'Golden Hour' shots to finish off with.
From Winshields Crag
On the wooden fence next to the trig point is a small brass plaque in memory of a young man called Darryl
(Daz to his friends) who died fighting in Afghanistan aged 26 so today's blog is dedicated to him.
as always the photo's here are copyright of Joan Thirlaway and can't be used without written permission.
1 comment:
Great pictures Joan
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