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#Cromford

For #saturdaySolitude - some abstract #industrialArchaeology above #Cromford, #Derbyshire. Including remnants of an old tramway up past Black Rocks, and a pile of stacked, worked masonry in the overgrown Barreledge Quarry... 1/n

Huge, rounded rock - pale on top in the diffuse sunlight and darkening to black at the sides and base - surrounded by deciduous woodlands.

A tumbled-down ridge of worked masonry - covered in moss, with no mortar - in an incline up the side of a steep hill. An old tramway, for transporting stone down to the valley?

A view up the remnants of the pathway - centre worn smooth by modern feet, with tree roots and fallen stones complicating the route.

A large, vaguely rectangular pile of worked masonry, covered in moss and surrounded by ferns and deciduous trees.

Something enjoyable - taking a photo of a small, odd-looking bug with camera at arm's length, trying not to fall into a canal, getting home and seeing the results and thinking - what the heck's *that*?

Pretty sure it's a Mystacides azurea var. albicornis - a caddisfly. Look at those maxillary palps!

https://www.naturespot.org/species/mystacides-azurea

#Derbyshire #Cromford #insects #caddisflies #macrophotography

On a nettle leaf, a small, narrow insect with dark, shiny blue-black wings folded into long, sharp triangles covering its back - white legs protrude from underneath. The head has two round, brown-red compound eyes, two incredibly long white, thread-like antennae going forwards and curling out slightly, and two dark, almost crab-like jointed appendages. "Distinctive large and hairy maxillary palps used in mating" apparently, according to NatureSpot.(It's a male.)

For #saturdaySolitude - Lea Wood, above #Cromford canal, earlier today.

#Derbyshire #woodlands

Silver-trunked birch trees on a steep fern-covered hillside, seen from below - with a heavily striated outcrop of stone with an apparent entrance to a small cave.

Twisted, gnarled treetrunk, partly covered in moss, surrounded by leafy green woodlands.

Cromford Canal in the sunshine

#Cromford #canal #PeakDistrict #sunshine

#Fensterfreitag

#Fensterblick im pompösen Herrenhaus des Unternehmers Johann Gottfried #Brügelmann. Seines Zeichens Eigentümer der #Textilfabrik #Cromford, der allerersten Fabrik auf dem europäischen Kontinent.
Zu besichtigen in #Ratingen.
Mit der #Ruhrtopcard Eintritt frei.

Allen ein schönes Wochenende!

Ein Leuchter an der Decke taucht einen Saal mit drei Sprossenfenstern in warmes Licht.
Der Fußboden ist blau-graues Parkett.
Links und rechts hängen Gemälde sowie 2 Spiegel links und rechts vorm mittleren Fenster.

Mmm, out walking around #Cromford, just up above #Middleton at the moment. It is sunny but not too hot, there's a slight breeze, and I can hear church bells in the distance. This is being at peace.
#Derbyshire

For #saturdaySolitude (which is absolutely a thing now) - a view of the canal in #Cromford, #Derbyshire with the faintest hints of spring. February 2025. (Yes! I also post new photos on here, as well as stuff up to 20+ years old!)

#reflections

Wintry, wooded bank covered in narrow, scrubby trees, bare of foliage - with one larger, more curved tree right up against the edge of a flat, almost mirror-like, blue-green, linear and narrow body of water. The trees are reflected in this water, disrupted by faint ripples.

One interesting side-effect of using decent cameras for A While is that older photos become unstuck from time - perfectly clear, immaculately preserved digital captures of a particular time and place.

One of these photos was from Then, another from Now - of the Aqueduct Cottage off the canal at #Cromford, #Derbyshire.

#dereliction #restoration #abandonedPlaces

An old stone doorway, surrounded by ivy and partially covered in peeling paint - leading into a room open to the air, littered with debris and a fallen, rotting roof joist crossing the view at an angle. April 2014.

An old stone doorway, from the same angle as before - immaculately clean and surrounded by neat, rougher stonework - leading into a clean and tidy, enclosed room with a few items of furniture and the wooden structure of a staircase crossing the view at an angle. February 2025.

Sunrise...

#Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Sunrise #SunrisePhotography #Cromford #Derbyshire #OMSystem #Olympus #OM1 #MicroFourThirds

Sun breaking through clouds peaks behind trees burning off the morning mist as sheep graze in the early day's light.

Come sit with me for a while...

#Photography #canal #cromford #bench #trees #woodlandphotography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #calm

a view of a canal tow path lined with trees with a bench in the foreground inviting you to sit and rest

A small selection of images that I contributed to @middl.ing, the hidden heritage in the East Midlands travel account run by my lovely wife Chrissie on Instagram.

1. Wirksworth
2. Old Grammar School, Wirksworth
3 Haarlem Mill, Wirksworth
4. Hathern
5. Cromford Mills
6. Leawood Pump House

#ukphotographer #travelphotography #heritagephotography #Derbyshire #Leicesterhshire #EastMidlands #Wirksworth #Hathern #Cromford #Middling #IndustrialRevolution #Mill #HeritageByTrain #hiddenheritage #walking

Today we went to #Cromford Steam Rally in #Derbyshire: https://www.cromfordsteamrally.co.uk/

If you like #ClassicCars and historic vehicles, it was a great day out, and is on again tomorrow.

A really nicely-painted steam engine, originally owned by "Vardy Haulage & Excavations"

Two steam engines, a blue working model in the foreground, and a proper-sized green one in the background, with red wheels

A beautifully looked-after red 50s Chevrolet

Sadly, I don't think this is actually filled with Cider :(

Cromford October 2023

#photography #ukphotographer #cromford #derbyshire #derwentvalley #eastmidlands #igersderbyshire #igersuk #walking #documentingplaces #documentingbritain #thoughtlansdscape #lensculture #documentaryphotography #photographicart #thisaintartschool #insomniamag

Buy my prints at: https://www.saal-digital.net/profiles/wim_van_mierlo/#/.

View of a village in the late afternoon sun; buildings and shrubs in the shadows on the left; a bright, sun-lit frontage of a row of houses with red doors and red windows and a balustrade on the right.

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