It was only 4 deg as I headed out to catch the sunrise on
Harnisha Hill (Raven Seat), on what is the first day of the Metrological
Autumn. Wandering along in the tiny
pool of light cast by my headtorch, my feet blurred by a sea of purple heather
flowers, I had visions of grabbing some wonderful shots of these white
gritstone rocks contrasting with the heather as the sun rose. Sadly as I reached the top I realised this
was not to be as this years heather burn has blackened this particular
area.
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Living in the Dale I do try to
see the wider picture when it comes to managing these moors for grouse shooting
and know it should recover. That said
the rocks here stand out like bare bones in an apocalyptic landscape and it
does not sit well with me at all. It has
however given me an idea for a project to photograph this patch to see how it
recovers.
PS, apologies for the colours and contrast being a bit off, uploading to the web seems to be doing odd things to the image.
Text/images © David Forster
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