There's such a soft beauty about the light and muted colours of winter mornings, as if Nature is just easing gently into the day, slowly turning up the brightness. Of course I can never resist a gate, and this one was very temptingly open to take me into the ancient woodland beyond. #peakdistrict

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." - George Eliot There's such a soft beauty about the light and muted colours of autumn mornings, as if Nature is just easing gently into the day, slowly turning up the brightness. I walked along this narrow lane through the rusting bracken and berries, down into the Hope Valley, where the last mists still drifted around the foothills. #PeakDistrict