Calke Abbey , the house where time stood still

What a place mystery galore 

 

Calke Abbey

every where you look theres a mysterious find waiting for you 

Part of the kitchen just as it was found 

 some of the rooms inside Calk Abbey

And then a trip down the tunnels to the brew house ,this i thought was great

  Entrance to the cellars and brew house

Barrel store for a guess just imagine all those barrels of ale down here

 

and of we go , brilliant place , and theres a light at the end of the tunnel 

and another light at the end

a bit of greenery to brighten the place up

Some one beat me to it and drank the lot , can just imagine this in the days when it was a working brew house for workers and staff

  well hope you enjoyed the blog of Calke Abbey theres so much to see and do here ,I can honestly recommend it

     so till the next time 

 Take care and enjoy the rest of the bank holiday 

Alport Heights ,sun, clouds ,and snow 

A few days before the Lumbsdale trip i visited Alport heights nr Wirksworth 

 to be greeted by Sunshine and lovely white clouds

looks a bit black over Derbyshire

And then the snow came , coming in from Matlock way, So sat it out in the car till it passed 

 but then it was down to Ambergate woods for a few Bluebell photos

      thanks for viewing once again 

   Take care till next time 

A short visit up to the Lumbsdale falls

Had a nice trip ou to the falls at Lumbsdale this afternoon , weather was nice and warm so why not , Not been up there for some time so loaded the camera bag up with the 7d,and the m3 and wanted to do so long exposure shots 

 pleased with this one 7d with 10 stop nisi and a 2minute exposue 100iso,f8 

100iso, 10 stop filter, 2minute at f8

same settings but a 3minute exposure 

then i used the m3 , great little camera ,

another photo with the 7d , same settings and a 2minute exposure

  Well hope you enjoyed my trip out 

          till the next time 

  Take care 

 and have a great bank holiday 

Magpie mine once again

Grand son Harvey wanted to go up

to Magpie mine once again i think he would live up there 

so we went and had a great time 

cow slips where certainly on show up there 

a few different shots this time 

explosive store, built round with thick walls and a light constructed roof so if there was any explosive going off the walls would contain it and the main force would go through the roof

plenty of history up here 

 A stow Astow or windlass remains 

more cowslips 

Harvey and Heather her first visit up there 

me and the other half ,Heather 

and me and Harvey 

wild pansies quite a few where to found at the mine , stacks of wild life up there sky larks ,wagtails even stoats have been seen as well as owls 

on  the way home couldn't resist one last shot till next time 

some nice old barns up there 

 Thanks again for browsing through my blog hope you enjoyed it 

     till the next time ,

 take care