Sunrise at Kelly Hall Tarn and a revisit to Tom Ghyll.

A good weather forecast, alarm clock set and getting up and out of the house while it's still dark. It's all in a day's work for a sunrise chaser! We parked near the Landrover dealer near Torver and from there it is remarkably, only a couple of hundred yards walk to the amazing photography location of Kelly Hall Tarn. It was just getting light, but we weren't the first ones there. There was already two photographers there, it turned out that they had travelled up from Wigan that morning, just for the sunrise.
There were two very good directions for photography this morning. Firstly, the one that we were expecting was the sunrise on the mountains, seen from across the tarn and secondly, there was mist rising up the valley from the lake giving additional opportunities.

Kelly Hall Tarn, a beautiful place. Tucked away and out of sight, just yards from the main road.

Mist from the lake was drifting up into the valleys around us.

Beautiful colour.

A short trip of half a mile to see if there were any shots from the lake shore.

First light on Peel Island, named Wildcat Island by Arthur Ransome in Swallows And Amazons.

A quick trip back home for coffee and a late / second breakfast and we were off out again to Tom Ghyll.

An enjoyable walk up the ghyll towards Tarn Hows. It was considerably busier than expected today, due to half term.

There's quite a variety of waterfalls in the ghyll. An excited young boy told us that there was a massive one just a bit further up the path! This is it and yes, it is quite impressive.