Sublime Autumn Sunshine in The Derwent Valley

After a dull and wet day you are finely tuned to the beauty of a sunny, autumn day in England. The light is perfect; the scenery looks like it has been lit in a photographers studio; colours of the autumn leaves vivid, grass bright green and the sky a clear, light blue. Nothing could keep us from catch in the bus to Hathersage.

We took a walk along the bank of the Derwent River for a couple of hours and finished the day with a cafe stop. The view from the river up to Millstone Edge is iconic of the area.

That's England folks; drab and wet one day and exquisite the next ...