Chatsworth Country Fair, Sept 2nd, 3rd & 4th

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Anyone living in the UK and Northern England especially may be interested to know the Chatsworth Country Fair is on this weekend. Leaving it short notice I know but the Red Arrows are performing today (02nd) at 4.15pm around the grounds sadly a wing-man down, but with a rehearsed 8-man routine they should still put on a great show and light up the skies of the Peak District with the distinctive red/white/and blue trails.

Other flying displays of previous years have also included biplanes and hot air balloons although I haven't seen a itinery of what flying displays are due over the 3-day weekend other than the Red Arrows to which i'm going to see myself today.

http://www.chatsworthcountryfair.co.uk/
 
I went on the friday last year, was pretty good, sure it was only £12 on the friday and £15 on sat and sun, a nice £3 increase.

There expecting over 100,000 for the three days
 
There's some peaks & villages overlooking Chatsworth, so if your not able to get into the house itself (be it monetary or traffic reasons) then Calton Pastures, Manners Wood & Handley Bottom. East of Bakewell offer spectacular views of the Estate and surrounding valley. Later on in the evening before sunset a floatage of balloons will be lifted from the Gardens and either places mentioned will be prime photographic locations for this.
 
ChrisGilbert said:
Light not good here at the moment and the satellite images are not promising.

I recommend you try parking here (top of Hell Bank) ....

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...archp=ids.srf&dn=614&ax=428678&ay=368057&lm=0

And positioning yourself here ....

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...archp=ids.srf&dn=614&ax=427273&ay=368972&lm=0

You should get a good view
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Yes nice spot there on beeley moor, near ice cream van, maybe better to walk through to the hunting tower, last year no one was up there, i was in the grounds with the crowds thinking, hmm hunting tower best place to be.
 
Looks like they went from Chatsworth with one flying quite behind as a mark of respect or something
 
I'm lucky and my wife won two tickets :)

So I was actually coming on to see what lenses I take, I guessing the 400mm for raptors, 70-300 for general use and maybe the 17-50.

Looks like a very busy day though!

Actually I'll make my own thread, people might not notice my question in here :)
 
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Made it up Beeley Moor, thanks to Chris's recommendation and map link. Had quite a sight with the team doing the display at around 4.20pm, and joined by a few others upon the moor with the same idea. Just going through the slides and picking a couple out the bunch. Will be uploading by tomorrow evening at the earliest. I felt the mood was quite poignant for the team in light of recent events, but no doubt the talk of everyone around me was that the public is glad to see the display team back in the air doing what they do best again.
 
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Thanks. I'm glad you like them. I was very happy with the design and layout of the article but the pics came out a bit dark, which is frustrating. It's partly my fault because I didn't lighten them enough on the way out. The June spread was much better, IMO, and I'll be doing a set of winter shots in a couple of months time ... and lighten before pressing send ! :D
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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...on-Egging.html

Thanks for that. Some belting shots there.
 
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