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Also Peter's Dale - just to the North of Monk's Dale - still trying to capture the essence of Limestone walls.

Peter's Dale - just to the North of Monk's Dale - still trying to capture the essence of Limestone walls.

This is the top third of a 1.4m high (there may have been more below ground) monolith standing beside the Limestone Way, about 1.5 miles north of Miller's Dale.

I took this photo for two reasons, wondering if anyone can answer:-

a) Why should this monolith stand in a field by itself; and
b) what are those fossils in the stone - the large pieces looking like razor shells, and the smaller pieces like broken razor shells, but perhaps they are corals?
(I've left the size large so you can see the details.)

The white patches at the top are lichens, but the remainder of the stone appears to be full of fossils.

Couldn't resist this lost glove that someone had stuck on a gate handle! On the Limestone Way Derbyshire.

The setting sun was casting a light glow across the landscape as we made our way along "The Limestone Way" in Derbyshire. I took this focussing upon the stone wall in front of me, allowing the distant path to blur progressively.

The result was tonally rather flat so I used a bit of artistic effect to emphasise the outlines and bring up the distant light. I hope you like it!