This is Lumsdale, a real gem here in Derbyshire, a beautiful and quite haunting mix of old buildings, waterfalls, woodland, hills, ponds, pathways, streams and stonework. You can walk for miles exploring this area, it's such an interesting combination of human and natural history - traces of human activity going back hundreds of years.
It's a scheduled ancient monument and one which needs treating with care and respect; time there when it's quiet and peaceful is really precious.
Places like this which hint at so many stories of the ways people have interacted with the landscape really fascinate me, worn away textures from hands and feet, buildings which have been used for very practical purposes now providing an inspirational trail to explore... The sunlight filters into the steep valley, through the trees and buildings, onto the water and stonework and illuminates so many tiny details. Every time I visit I discover something new...