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19 days

🫣 I’m posting this while hiding behind my hands, but my 2025 #peakdistrict calendar is now out! Buying one early means you’ll save money (only £7.95 + P&P), you’re guaranteed to get one (last year I sold out quickly), and also you can feel smug all year.

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2 years

Wending my way home after a long day, with the sun setting over the Peak District hills and the smell of woodsmoke and autumn in the air. The only sounds were the sheep and my own footsteps, heavy with a quiet tiredness, knowing I'd earned a fire, a good book and a lot of cheese.

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1 year

On the last day of the year I wanted to share my own favourite shot from 2022. It was taken on a midsummer morning when the air was so fresh and clean you could almost touch it. My tiny little bit of the world, for that tiny little moment, felt perfect.

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1 year

For Christmas Eve I hope you won’t mind me sharing one of my own favourite Winter shots. I took it a few years ago but I still haven't forgotten how wonderful it was to stand in those beautiful woods as the snow fell, covering every rock and bough, and all noises with it.

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Sometimes you come across a Peak District farm that looks so perfect in the landscape it’s almost as if it’s grown there. This scene can’t have changed much for centuries, and the farm has the date 1593 above the door, so it’s seen a few centuries come and go.

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2 years

The little hamlet of Milldale is one of the prettiest in the Peak District, with its stone cottages, narrow lanes and position on the banks of the River Dove. It's like taking a step back in time to walk here, and it looked especially beautiful on this quiet autumn evening.

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1 year

After the daffodils, the dandelions. Close behind, bluebells, stitchwort, and then the wild garlic, galaxies of white stars in dark woods, before the lanes are lined with cow parsley lace. I feel so lucky to mark off the weeks by the passing blooms, telling the time with flowers.

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1 year

This bridge over the River Wye at Haddon Hall is barely wide enough for a single person to cross, yet it's stood proudly here for more than 400 years, gathering moss and lichen and storing up the echoes of all those past footsteps.

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5 months

Yesterday at sunrise I was standing on the banks of the Derbyshire River Wye as the mist drifted along the water, flowing towards the old stone bridge at Haddon Hall. For a few brief moments the river looked like molten gold, and I thought you might like to share in the beauty.

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1 year

Scriveners Books in Buxton is always an atmospheric place, but in the winter twilight, with its windows glowing through the rain, it looked pretty perfect. This Victorian building stocks more than 40,000 books over five floors, with creaking steps and hidden nooks and crannies.

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8 months

I'm not ashamed to say that I did a little involuntary squeak when I rounded a bend and saw this sight in front of me. A curving lane, that wonderful combination of mist and light that creates proper sunbeams, and a mighty fine gate reflected in perfect shadow. #peakdistrict

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1 year

Sunrise in winter happens so much more gently than in summer. The light creeps into the sky with soft pastel colours, the growing warmth slowly burns off the mists in the valley, and the fields echo with nothing more than birdsong, sheep and your footsteps on the frosty grass.

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1 year

Sometimes I really feel the limits of photography. I always try to get an image to convey a mood as much as a view, but I wish you could have also smelt the damp, rich earth on this lane, heard the gentle patter of the leaves drifting down, and felt the soft mist on your face.

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1 year

This is my favourite tree in Padley Gorge. I call her The Dancer because she looks to me as if she's pirouetting alone in the wood, spiralling up towards the light. A few days ago I caught her in the misty half-light which made her stand out beautifully, a soloist on the stage.

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1 year

This is the village of Butterton in Staffordshire. It makes my heart a bit lighter to know that places like this still exist in our busy 21st Century world, where the little stream trickles down past the cottages and over the cobbles on Pothooks Lane, just as it always has done.

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1 year

Autumn can feel like a time of greys and browns once the initial blaze is over, but it has its own softer, quieter colour that rewards those who search it out. Even in the misty woods there is yellow clinging to branches, green moss lining every rock and bright orange underfoot.

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1 year

I wish I could live in May forever, stuck in a bubble of new green and dewy mornings. The killer alarm calls are awful, true, but as soon as you step outside, hear the birdsong and inhale the day, it's hard to feel anything other than the luckiest person in the world.

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1 year

Sometimes it's not about photographing the view. Sometimes it's about trying to capture the silence, the stillness, that magic of light and shadow that passes within seconds, never to fall in exactly the same way again. I never really feel equal to the task, but I do try.

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1 year

Such a beautiful winter morning, the sun breaking through the mist in the valley and painting the horizon with soft colour. This tiny scene really captivated me - the arching branches over the gate, the filigree twigs of the tree, and that fabulous sky shining through it all.

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1 year

This is the beautiful ancient oak woodland of Padley Gorge in the Peak District. The milky afternoon sunlight among the old trees was wonderful, picking out the vibrant moss on the rocks and the patches of frost still clinging here and there to the fallen leaves. #peakdistrict

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1 year

Happy May! It is, hands down, my favourite month of the year. In the countryside all is fresh and new, with a just-laundered look to every tree and hedgerow bedecked in bright leaves and flowers. The birds sing like crazy, the days are warm, and I wish it could last forever.

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2 years

I was kneeling in the damp grass on the side of Higger Tor, as you do, admiring the evening light on the hills beyond, when this little face peered around the rock and stared at me, dumbfounded, looking for all the world as if she was thinking "what the...?!" Happy September!

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11 months

I had to stop and rub my eyes at this view; it felt as if I’d fallen into a dream. The last golden light drifted down through the trees and this beautiful horse lifted his head to watch me pass. I wouldn't have been wholly shocked if he’d casually spread wings and flown off.

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1 year

This is the little bridge over Burbage Brook in Padley Gorge, but on quiet autumn mornings, when the mist weaves its way around the old trees and even the stream is only whispering, it doesn't take much imagination to believe it's actually the entrance to another world.

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28 days

Walking home at the end of a long day, and this is just what I needed to see. A winding path, the sun sinking over the hills, lighting the treetops pink, knowing that the kettle's on and the fire is lit. Some might think it unbearably quiet but I wouldn't swap it for the world.

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8 months

There's a certain satisfaction that comes from a weary feeling in your legs as you walk home after a long day, the sun setting over the hills ahead and lighting up the leaves. In the air I could smell woodsmoke and autumn, the only sounds the distant sheep and my own footsteps.

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5 months

The more I read the news, the more I retreat to the woods. Nature is undemanding, quietly performing complex, beautiful, daily miracles, whether or not we notice. Out here with the trees, there’s an odd reassurance that comes from feeling how insignificant we are, how fleeting.

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1 year

There's such a soft, muted beauty about the light on a Winter morning, as if Nature is just easing gently into the day, slowly turning up the brightness, unlike the sudden POW of gaudy daybreak in Summer. I couldn’t resist walking through this gate into the misty woodland beyond.

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1 year

“I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home.” I've photographed this path in every season and light but I felt privileged beyond measure to stand here on a Spring morning, young leaves glowing, mist weaving around each bough, and the birds heralding the new day.

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11 months

This is the village of Butterton in Staffordshire. It makes my heart a little lighter to know that places like this still exist in our frantic, loud 21st Century world, where the ford trickles past the cottages and over the cobbles on Pothooks Lane, as it has done for centuries.

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1 year

It’s quite awe-inspiring to walk among the impossibly tall, straight beauty of pines. On this quiet path the morning sun was burning off the mist, creating a wonderful light and space between the trees, and I couldn't resist walking further and further in, dwarfed by giants.

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2 years

Some scenes just look better in autumn, stripped of summer's green fripperies and light, and I think these Peak District barns on Derwent Edge fall into that category. The gritstone buildings return to being a part of the wild landscape of mist-covered hills and bare trees.

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1 year

The ancient woodland of Padley Gorge is full of soft, muted colours now. There's always such a quiet hush here when the air is misty and still; even the birds seem to hold their breath. The only sound is the rush and froth of the brook as it winds around rocks and under bridges.

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1 year

Sometimes the biggest beauty comes in the smallest scenes. Not the grand views or the iconic landscapes, but the quiet moments of walking the country lanes. I couldn't have asked for more on this winter morning than the milky sun drifting through the trees and the mist shining.

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1 year

A fresh fall of snow has a transformative beauty quite unlike anything else. The dark, bare trees of winter become sparkling windchimes of ice, the hills glow with their own brightness, and along every lane are magical little snowglobe scenes, like stills from Christmas movies.

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1 year

Yes, I wish it were a more characterful signpost too, but you can't beat the view it leads to. The rolling hills above the village of Eyam, striped with their old walls, layered with morning mists and painted rose gold by the sunrise. I'll follow any path that leads me there.

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1 year

We had a fall of Proper Snow in the #peakdistrict this weekend, not the feathery frosting that doesn't even require Northerners to put on a cardie. This is Mam Tor from the Vale of Edale. I love those curving fences - and huge thanks to the chap who stood on the top to add scale.

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1 year

On a still autumn morning, sitting by Burbage Brook as it tumbles through Padley Gorge, it feels as if you've fallen into another world. Here there's no haste or stress, no noise but the bubble of water and occasional fall of a leaf. I always stay long after I've taken the shot.

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1 year

Life in the Slow Lane. Heading home from an evening walk, when the #peakdistrict light was casting a wonderful glow over the hills, I spotted these chaps just leaning on the gate watching the sun go down. “What is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?"

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10 months

I can’t even pretend to understand Twitter, but among the acres of adverts and utter weirdness I hope a few people would like to see a summer morning in the #peakdistrict as one of their 600 permitted views. I hope it brings you calm and a reminder of beauty in a chaotic world.

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1 month

Sometimes you meet trees that absolutely must shake themselves, stretch their branches and walk around the moonlit woods at night. This old beech has roots like coiling tentacles, not so much to tether him to the earth but to propel him around when my back is turned.

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1 year

Quite incredibly, one year ago this week this was the scene at Haddon Hall … the snow closed the Christmas market early, but the stranded traders, of which I was one, were treated to the most magical scenes ever, including these gates to the Secret Garden.

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1 year

Snow scenes can often look monochrome, at a time of year when we're craving a bit of colour in nature, so this rose pink sunset was very welcome. It was beautiful to watch it lighting the sky so fleetingly, casting its colour out to the old stone walls and that lone tree.

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2 years

This little lane between Hathersage and Eyam is beautiful in every season, but maybe at its very best in Autumn. Those statuesque beech trees form an honour guard along the old stone wall, watching over the years of discarded leaves below.

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1 year

Happy Boxing Day! Hopefully you can put your feet up today and focus on relaxing in your PJs whilst eating too much cheese. But if you have a spare 2 minutes amidst that, perhaps you could watch my short film looking back at 2022, a year in the beauty of the #peakdistrict .

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2 years

The village of Castleton in the Peak District, looking at its spooky best in the dusk, the lamplight beckoning you out of the weather and away from the roaring froth of Peakshole Water towards the safety of the cottages. @vpdd

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3 months

Walking into the little hamlet of Milldale on a quiet winter morning, mist hanging over the trees and rooftops. The only sounds were my footsteps, the calling of the rooks and the low gurgle from the river at the bottom of the hill. #peakdistrict

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1 year

Anyone for a winter walk? These are the peaceful fields that surround the #peakdistrict village of Hathersage, dotted with frosty trees, the old steeple of St Michael's church watching over everything from the hillside, and just two souls out enjoying the quiet morning.

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11 months

Sometimes the smallest scenes contain the most beauty. Yes, there were huge vistas I could have captured, but my heart was caught by this track strewn with dandelions, leading to an old barn and a perfectly-shaped tree, in the light of a Spring morning. I hope you like it too.

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1 year

One gate to rule them all... I do love a good gate and this is a stunning example, I hope you'll agree, leading to the most peaceful autumn walk into the trees of blazing colours. You’ll find this lovely path in the Goyt Valley close to the border between Derbyshire and Cheshire.

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1 year

It’s always a pleasure to wander along this path, but especially in the snow. It’s a place of wonderful contrasts - the blown beeches to the west, arched from centuries of winds roaring over the moor, and the straight pines to the east, light and shade, noise and then silence.

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2 years

I hope it's not just me who sees these twisted old trees as creatures penned in by the stone wall, all clamouring and reaching to get out?! Padley Gorge always feels a little bit magical, and on quiet, misty mornings I will happily spend hours wandering there, taunting the trees.

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18 days

After the daffodils, the dandelions. Close behind, the bluebells and stitchwort, and then wild garlic, galaxies of white stars in dark woodlands, leading the way for froths of cow parsley and acres of buttercups. I feel so lucky to be able to tell the time with flowers.

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1 year

This was one of those mornings when I couldn't stop grinning - everywhere I looked there was so much beauty. The soft winter sun fell through the mists and shone its silver light on the water of the #cromfordcanal and the bright ripples reflected on the old stones of the bridge.

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1 year

'The world is big, and I'd like to have a good look at it before it gets dark.' This is the path from Mam Tor in the morning light, leading ever onward into those stretching valleys of green. A long walk ahead, but what a view to look at on the way.

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1 year

This is the spectacular gorge of Cavedale, with Peveril Castle high on the hill, from where it has watched over these crags since the 11th Century. To see it in the snow was so special, the sky washed in pinks as the sun rose and those old stones shining in the morning light.

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7 months

As a kid I felt a shiver of excitement when my dad drove down a lane with grass in the middle, like we were on an adventure, a journey to a place where few other people travelled, on a road so narrow we had to breathe in to fit down. In truth, I still get that little thrill now.

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1 year

Sometimes you just can’t help yourself, can you? No matter your deadlines and the rush of life, when the early sun streams through the mist and the trees are bathed in gold, you just have to open the old oak door in the high wall and disappear into the secret garden beyond.

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1 year

Oh little town of Bakewell, dreaming on a quiet morning, jumbled gables and rooflines. The only movement is from the river and the slow drifts of smoke rising to meet the mist. The #peakdistrict is full of time slips, scenes that could have been yesterday or a hundred years ago.

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1 year

Sometimes it doesn't matter where the road leads. All that matters is the first light of daybreak rushing up the valley and then trickling along the verges to light up the hedgerows. All that matters is the spring in your step as you walk up the hill to meet the morning.

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1 year

The pretty #peakdistrict village of Castleton has a cosy glow on dark Winter days, the lights from the shops and cafes reflecting in the rain-soaked streets, and the protective hills of Winnats Pass watching over the scene through the mist beyond.

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2 years

This lovely tree-lined path near Hathersage links the old manor house of North Lees, which was the inspiration for Thornfield Hall in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, with the wild, rocky heights of Stanage Edge. It’s a beautiful place to walk in all seasons. #peakdistrict @vpdd

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1 year

Sometimes it can seem like such a struggle to get outside in Winter, with the weather bleak and the hours of daylight short. But I promise you that if you wrap up warm and head out somewhere wild, even just for a few minutes, nature finds a way of rewarding you for your efforts.

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10 months

This is the village of Hathersage in the Hope Valley, catching the last light of the sun. Walking home after a long day, through the gate and into the hug of the hills, it’s a view that never fails to make me pause for a moment or two, counting my blessings. #peakdistrict

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10 months

This country pub sits perfectly on its lane leading into the quiet #peakdistrict village of Little Longstone, and it looked particularly lovely on this bright morning, the sun spilling through the trees. The only downside being that there was at least 6 hours until opening time.

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1 year

Clear, frosty mornings, #peakdistrict views for days, and a mighty fine gate. Could I ask for anything more?! This is the view from Bretton looking over the stretching White Peak countryside, criss-crossed with limestone walls, towards Cressbrook Dale and Wardlow Hay Cop.

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1 year

There are gates, and then there are #peakdistrict gates. Ideally it would be a bit wonkier, but you can't argue with the view it leads to, the frosty fields dotted with trees, the cloud inversion draped over the horizon and that peachy sky above. That'll do Gate, that'll do.

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1 year

The craggy gorge of Winnats Pass lies at the western end of the Hope Valley, just outside the #peakdistrict village of Castleton. It’s hard to believe this was once a reef under a warm, shallow sea, until you see the marine fossils and corals in the rocks to prove it.

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1 year

I love the rolling slopes around the #peakdistrict village of Litton, softly undulating, bordered with miles of limestone walls and dotted with sleepy sheep. I couldn't resist stopping to watch that early morning light fill the valley and turn the fields to gold.

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10 months

I love that combination of dark skies and low sun that you get at this time of year, the fields glowing golden bright under inky clouds. This #peakdistrict view looked spectacular with the little farm shining in the spotlight … and I was pleased to note a rather fine gate too.

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3 months

There are days when ‘a walk in the woods’ becomes something so much more than that. Taking this path in Padley Gorge, with the milky sunlight drifting down through the twisted branches, melting the frost on the mossy rocks and fallen leaves, felt like walking into a dream.

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1 year

I do love this windswept old house that stands alone on White Edge Moor; it's the very definition of 'Wuthering Heights' to me. It looked at its most haunting best with remnants of snow amid the tussocky grass and some dramatic stormy light over the #peakdistrict hills.

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1 year

Late autumn sunlight in the Manifold Valley, dappling the lanes and lighting the patterns on the fields ahead. The little footpath takes you through the hills to Larkstone Lane, over the stone bridge and up onto Old Park Hill beyond. Storybook names for a beautiful landscape.

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1 year

The Peak District National Park contains only one town - Bakewell - but hundreds of lovely villages and tiny hamlets. What they lack in size they make up for in character, as illustrated by the little settlement of Gratton, a peaceful cluster of cottages nestling in the hills.

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1 year

After so many months of brown and grey, it was sheer bliss to stand in this woodland full of birds and allow my starved eyes to soak up every shade and tone and light of green, from the fluorescent glow of brand new leaves to the damp softness of the old moss on the rocks.

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1 year

I almost crashed when I drove by this scene, a field of dandelion seed heads at sunset, transformed into a mass of caught gold, each one a perfect ball of light. Nature gives us so many moments of perfect beauty if we stop to notice them, and indicate correctly before doing so.

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And then suddenly ... there was green. After months of grey and mud, I stood in this little wood last week and just soaked up the green, ravenously, greedily. Soon there will be bluebells and ramsons here, bursts of bright colour, but for now I am more than content with green.

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7 months

I have many favourite gates - doesn't everyone?! - but this one is a cracker, especially when the fields beyond are covered in mist. On this particular morning it looked like a gateway to another world, where the trees had become islands in a shallow sea of ever-shifting white.

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1 year

My favourite parade of beech trees, silent sentinels, always watching the seasons change, the mists come and go, the leaves grow and fall. They're a reassuring, solid presence in a mad world, and this quiet lane is always a perfect escape for a peaceful wander. #peakdistrict

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6 months

These are the hills of home, fading now as the year wears on and the light softens, the greens of summer replaced with autumn's bronze and gold. I love each curve and dip, every rocky bruise, the little farm half-hidden in the trees and the stone walls marking ancient boundaries.

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1 year

The #peakdistrict village of Castleton is full of narrow lanes of old stone cottages; around every corner you chance upon scenes that look suspended in time, as if they haven't changed for centuries. This is the hill leading to Peak Cavern, which you can see behind the houses.

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1 year

It's not everyone's idea of a perfect morning activity, not as cosy as tea and toast, but a dawn walk sets you up for the day like nothing else. How could anyone resist heading into the misty distance over Totley Moss, through the dew diamonds in the grass lit by the rising sun?!

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11 months

As the world gets crazier by the day, I retreat more and more to the quiet company of trees. I hope there will always be country paths to walk along, and I hope they will always bring peace to everyone who seeks their solace. If you need me, I’ll be curled up in the branches.

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1 year

We're now in that wonderful moment on the cusp of Spring, when everywhere you look is promise and hope. Leaves are unfurling like tiny flags from every tree, the tightest buds are easing into colour, and the hedges are sprinkled with blossom. I never want it to end.

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2 years

This Peak District lane is stunning in Autumn, with such bright colours that it sends your eyes a bit crazy to take them all in. On days like this Autumn feels like Nature’s grand finale, that last huge firework, before we all troop home and snuggle down for the night of Winter.

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2 years

Sometimes, just sometimes, everything falls into place. The sun sets in a bright blaze over the valley and lights up every autumnal tree, and a sheep wanders into the frame and obligingly stands in a perfect spot. I feel so very lucky to see such views. Maybe the sheep does too.

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1 year

Oh little town of Bakewell, how beautiful it looked yesterday covered by a light dusting of icing sugar snow. The banks of the River Wye crunched under my footsteps, and the jumble of rooftops above glowed with their white frosting. @vpdd #peakdistrict

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7 months

I'm a sucker for a misty autumn lane and that slightly eerie sense of not quite knowing what lies ahead. I hope, with the tiniest bit of imagination, you can smell this scene as much as see it, feel the damp air around you, and hear the quiet flutter of leaves falling.

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1 year

This time of year can feel relentlessly grey and brown, so I was very happy to find this tunnel of Summer in deepest March. The colour came from holly, ivy and moss shining in the pale light - I stood and drank it all in until the sun dodged away again and the spell was broken.

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There's such a soft, quiet beauty about winter light and the muted colours of a misty morning. Gone are the bright, bird-loud summer dawns; it feels instead as if Nature is just easing gently into the day, stretching, yawning, turning up the brightness and volume oh so slowly.

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I love this little view of Bakewell, with its jumble of rooflines rising from the River Wye. It looks particularly beautiful when you catch it sleeping in the autumn morning mists, the first rays of sun just striking the clock on the elegant spire of All Saints Church.

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The most beautiful morning in Padley Gorge, the woodlands covered in soft mists, making every leaf glow with a green that seemed Spring-like again. This young lad was enjoying it as much as I was, pausing to drink the cool water in Burbage Brook and pose perfectly for a portrait.

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Yesterday morning at Beresford Dale, with the River Dove sparkling in the early morning sunshine. No added music, just the water and birdsong; no fancy editing, just the golden trees and the morning mist rising off the water. Relax and enjoy 30 seconds of Peak District peace…

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This was a view of such quiet, perfect beauty - the first rays of sunlight breaking through the frosty air, lighting the mist rising from the river and streaming beneath the arches of that ancient bridge - that I almost forgot to take the shot because I was too busy watching.

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Once a medieval hunting forest for the nobility, now a peaceful haven for wildlife, this is Wyming Brook, where a stream trickles over moss-covered rocks, overhung with the dipping branches of ancient trees. It never fails to offer quiet spots to escape the pull and push of life.

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One of the (many) things I love about the #peakdistrict is the sense that the past is never very far away, always hiding around a corner or down a quiet lane. The memories of a simpler, quieter, calmer life seem to linger and occasionally peep through in little time-slips.

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I do love a country gate, and here’s a beauty in the dappled morning spotlight. I always feel very privileged to see the first light of the day as the Spring sunshine softly reaches the sleeping #peakdistrict valleys, calls the birds to song and wakes the sheep.

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Walking from the sleepy hamlet of Alport you pass meadows that are FULL of buttercups; it's like stepping into an impossibly beautiful Disney movie. I love this gate that looks as if its function is to hold back the flood of flowers, with just a few spilling through the gaps.

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I have lots of favourite gates (doesn't everyone?!) but this one looked especially perfect when the fields beyond were covered in layers of morning mist. It looked like a gateway to another world, where the trees had become islands in a shallow sea of ever-shifting white.

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1 year

There's a rare kind of beauty in the setting Spring sun that meets me as I walk home. Along the lane filled with gold, heralded by blackbirds and daffodils, past the gate that long ago gave up the ghost, and into the weary quiet of the hills. I will always be thankful for it all.

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This is the village of Alstonefield, looking perfect in the morning light. It has a village green, a country pub, more pretty cottages than you can shake a stick at and, perhaps best of all, this bench under the spreading sycamore. Who wouldn't want to rest here for a while?!

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