In November 2013 I joined the team of Volunteer Rangers at Lyme Park who patrol the park looking for problems, helping visitors and keeping the place tidy. "Delta Ged" is my radio call sign when on duty.
I created this Photo Blog using pictures I took on my patrols with a little description added.
My regular patrols ceased in September 2015 when I joined the Drystone Walling Team but I continue to add the occasional post to the blog.
I hope you enjoy it.
Two recent evening visits to the Park deserve sharing. The sights of a spot lit House, coloured evening skies over Manchester and Cheshire and magnificent Stags roaring at dusk present a different view from that I usually see in the daytime.
Roaring Deer, Evening Skies and City Lights - Thursday 20th October
An evening visit to Lyme Park to hear the deer rut was accompanied by some nice skies across Manchester & North Cheshire.
greeted by autumn multicolours
the escarpment is Alderley Edge, another NT Property
The Lantern
Light fading and camera struggling with moving deer
Sun setting in the West
Roaring
listening
Manchester Airport tower centre and Fiddler's Ferry power station at Widnes in the far distance
light finding its way through the top windows of The Cage
some hinds at the edge of a group in the Deer Sanctuary
all the way across Manchester to Winter Hill transmitter in the distance
moody lit clouds over Cage Hill and city lights peeping through
And here some short movies of that wonderful stag this evening at Lyme Park alternately roaring and listening. Stags all over the East of the park were making their presence known and assessing the sound of the competition.
Sorry about the focus on the last video, camera fixed on the grass in front of me and actual light level was so low I didn't notice.
House and Skies - All Lit Up - Wednesday 12th October
A late visit to Lyme Park tonight to attend a talk was accompanied by the roar of stags as the rut gets under way.
Under moody skies the spot lit house looked beautiful and trees on Cage Hill were silhouetted against the darkening sky.
Walking down from staff car park looking up Cage Hill
approaching the house
The North Front is what greets modern day visitors but is actually the back door. The current access from the A6 arrived after the railways came to Disley.
Leaving later; the glow in the clouds behind is from North Cheshire and South Manchester light pollution.
Trees on Cage Hill silhouetted against the light pollution creeping up from Greater Manchester. The camera has actually increased the brightness beyond reality but the effect is the same.
