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This Saturday found us waking up semi-early (before noon) and heading out on the road with our new found Texan friend, Adonis, to explore the Peaks District of Northern England.
Adonis had his company car decked out with a GPS, so we just plugged in the city of Sheffield, which is just across the Peaks National Park, and set off.
A chilly looking shot from our hotel window last week in the morning before heading off to work. I thought this was a pretty traditional looking English shot.
So it was a quick drive out of Knutsford north through Stockport and on into the increasingly hilly country as you head East into the centre.
It's an amazing change as you head out of Cheshire which is all flat countryside and heavily developed, and you get into the Peaks area with the hills rising up around all the towns.
Then the towns end and you drive up into the clouds. Literally in this case as it was a foggy day and the hills were spectacular.
It's incredible how a half hour drive takes you out of what is typical English countryside into something which more resembles Greenland or Alaska with barren tundra landscapes and mountain ranges in the background.
Pretty beautiful landscapes, with a lot of hikers from the surrounding area out for days roaming the hills.
We took various photo opportunity stops along the way. Even though we actually live and work here, we still played the tourists for weekend.
The roads were tiny and windy, and hazardous. This one was called the Snake in the grass, or something like that.
Our last stop was in a fair sized town called Buxton, which I had never heard of but turned out to be a beautiful city with a ton of amazing buildings. It was getting dark by that time, so after checking out the local beer at the last pub we were off and back home to Knutsford.
So all in all a great day out crusing some new parts of the English countryside.
A chilly looking shot from our hotel window last week in the morning before heading off to work. I thought this was a pretty traditional looking English shot.
So it was a quick drive out of Knutsford north through Stockport and on into the increasingly hilly country as you head East into the centre.
It's an amazing change as you head out of Cheshire which is all flat countryside and heavily developed, and you get into the Peaks area with the hills rising up around all the towns.
Then the towns end and you drive up into the clouds. Literally in this case as it was a foggy day and the hills were spectacular.
It's incredible how a half hour drive takes you out of what is typical English countryside into something which more resembles Greenland or Alaska with barren tundra landscapes and mountain ranges in the background.
Pretty beautiful landscapes, with a lot of hikers from the surrounding area out for days roaming the hills.
We took various photo opportunity stops along the way. Even though we actually live and work here, we still played the tourists for weekend.
The roads were tiny and windy, and hazardous. This one was called the Snake in the grass, or something like that.
Our last stop was in a fair sized town called Buxton, which I had never heard of but turned out to be a beautiful city with a ton of amazing buildings. It was getting dark by that time, so after checking out the local beer at the last pub we were off and back home to Knutsford.
So all in all a great day out crusing some new parts of the English countryside.
Bodhi